Homelab

Welcome to my homelab. It started a few years ago with an outdated HP desktop and a TrueNAS Scale install, and has since grown into a multi-node Proxmox cluster with dedicated backup infrastructure, a rack’s worth of networking gear, and more self-hosted services than I can count. It hasn’t been easy all of the time. I have brought down the family network enough times along the way that I am the first suspect in every internet outage. In the end, I have learned so much from it. It has been one of my passions that I don’t get tired of. There are so many different options from building and running through cyber labs, self-hosted docker services, and experimenting with hardware. I haven’t been able to pin down one specializaiton, but I think having so many options helps me to stay productive with my tendency to get bored of a topic.

Browse the categories below for hardware builds, infrastructure write-ups, how the lab coexists with the rest of the household, the tools that make it all manageable, and the self-hosted apps running day to day.

Browse the categories below for hardware builds, infrastructure write-ups, how the lab coexists with the rest of the household, the tools that make it all manageable, and the self-hosted apps running day to day.

Hardware

  • Meshtastic

    Meshtastic LoRa radios for off-grid mesh networking — open-source, no monthly fees, and perfect for hiking where cell coverage drops.

  • Raspberry Pi 5

    Setting up a Raspberry Pi 5 with PoE, NVMe SSD, Tailscale, and portable tools for on-the-go homelab access.

  • Home Lab Redesign pt. 1 Hardware

    Mapping out the hardware for a homelab redesign — Sophos firewall, managed switches, Synology NAS, and multiple mini PCs.

Infrastructure

  • OPNsense

    OPNsense as my primary firewall — Suricata IDS/IPS, Unbound DNS, VLANs, and lessons learned from years of configuration.

  • Proxmox Virtual Environment

    My experience with Proxmox VE — from VirtualBox migration to CEPH clusters and back to a simpler multi-node setup.

  • Home Lab Redesign pt. 2

    Network layout, IP address management tools, and the journey from sticky notes to phpIPAM to Netbox.

Family

  • My Home Lab Addiction

    Four years of homelab building — the money, the time, the broken networks, and why it has been worth every frustration.

Tools

  • Personal AI Infrastructure

    How Daniel Miessler's Personal AI Infrastructure concept changed the way I use Claude Code — structured memory, planning, and self-improving sessions.

  • Setting Up Jenkins for Automated Site Deployments

    Setting up Jenkins for automated GitHub Pages deployments with Forgejo webhooks and Nginx Proxy Manager.

  • Apache Guacamole

    Apache Guacamole as a centralized remote desktop gateway — VNC, RDP, and SSH access through a single web interface.

Self-Hosted

  • Apprise

    Push notifications to multiple platforms simultaneously.

  • Audiobookshelf

    Self-hosted audiobook and podcast library manager.

  • BentoPDF

    Web-based PDF manipulation toolkit.