8 Virtual Machine Projects You Need to Build This Weekend!
I have been focused a lot on containerized development and DevOps lately and many of the weekend projects I have written about have been focused there. However, for those that…
Category: home lab
5 Secure Networking Projects for Your Home Lab This Weekend!
Man so many projects to try and most of us feel like we don’t have enough time. However, I hope you have been enjoying my “weekend” series blog post I…
12 Essential Steps I Take on Every New Docker Host
I get excited when I am spinning up a new Docker container host as I think about all the new, cool workloads and projects that can be ran on it.…
New UniFi OS Server Lets You Self-Host the Full UniFi Experience
If you have been following the news lately, Ubiquiti just released something very exciting, UniFi OS Server. This will likely change how we self-host our Unifi controller and network application…
10 Docker Projects You Can Build in a Weekend and Actually Use!
Do yourself a favor and get accustomed to project-based learning. This is my philosophy to the most effective learning you can do. A home lab is a great way to…
Stop Exposing Your Home Lab – Do This Instead
Like most, when I first spun up my home lab, one of the first things I wanted to do like anyone is to be able to hit my home lab…
Automate Your Home Lab in Hours Not Days with Kestra!
I feel like anymore there is an absolute smorgasbord of great automation tools that we have access to, especially now in the age of AI. So many great solutions. Recently,…
5 Proxmox Projects to Level Up Your Home Lab This Weekend
I am a huge advocate of project-based learning and I think a little extra time on the weekend if you have a few minutes or a couple of hours in…
5 Must-Have Coding Tools to Supercharge Your Home Lab Workflow
Wow, I feel like I can’t keep up with all the awesome tools that are out there. With the explosion of AI and AI-driven workflows, there has been a flurry…
Home Assistant Docker Compose Design Decisions: Networking, Storage, Backups
If you have been wanting to get into Home Assistant, it is a growing ecosystem that is fun and exciting. And, if you already have a home lab environment, which…