10 Home Lab Mistakes I Made (So You Don’t Have To)
They say that you learn more from mistakes than when things go successfully. I can definitely attest to that fact. I have had some horrible crash and burns in the…
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Best Traefik Plugins for Home Lab and Production (My Top Picks)
Traefik is one of my favorite reverse proxies and it stands out for a number of reasons, including how easy it is to use it with infrastructure as code and…
I Added Authentik SSO to My Home Lab with Docker-Compose: Logging In Will Never Be the Same
I have been experimenting with SSO lately in the home lab and decided to give Authentik a try. And let me tell you, it is a crazy good self-hosted SSO…
I Replaced Nginx Proxy Manager with Traefik in My Home Lab and It Changed Everything
I have been using Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) for quite some time now, a few years from what I remember. It is a great solution and one that I point…
Top Home lab Networking Mistakes to Avoid in 2025
Networking is literally the lifeblood of your home lab. If the network is no good, then everything else is going to fall down. Things won’t perform well, and you will…
Vault vs Doppler vs Sealed Secrets: Automating Home Lab Secrets in 2025
One of the most important areas to take a look at when you start playing around with automating things in your home lab, is the problem of using secrets and…
5 Storage Projects to Supercharge Your Home Lab This Weekend
Storage is one of the coolest projects that you can undertake in your home lab as most apps or services that you want to self-host will have the need to…
How to Totally Control DNS in Your Home Lab
When you start building a home lab, one of the first things you realize is how important DNS is. Every service you run, including Proxmox, Docker containers, Kubernetes clusters, or…
7 Ways to Make Your Home Lab More Resilient to Power Outages
I can tell you that when you are on a consumer power grid, one of the biggest headaches with running a home lab is power outages. When you don’t have…
10 Open-Source AI Models You Should Try In Your Home Lab (August 2025)
I am loving being able to try out so many cool new AI models in 2025. There are so many great options to choose from now. Who would have thought…