Why I run multiple DNS servers in my home lab (and you should too)
DNS is absolutely one of the core critical services in your home lab environment. It isn’t flashy or the “next new thing” but if DNS isn’t working, nothing else will…
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Why Pangolin is the one reverse proxy I’d pick if I was starting my home lab today
Reverse proxies I think are one of the most important services that you can spin up in your home lab. In fact, if you caught my recent blog post and…
The First Hardware I Always Buy for Any Home Lab
Recently, I covered the first services that you should spin up in a home lab, including core services that are needed to make sure things work as expected with apps…
Nginx Proxy Manager vs NPMplus Which One is Better for Your Home Lab?
I have been testing a lot of reverse proxies lately, comparing features, and thinking about which ones are best for which use cases. For a long while, I have thought…
5 Things You Should Know About OPNsense Before You Install It
One of the first things that you will want to do when it comes to building out your home lab or home network in general to go beyond the basics…
Why Your Mini PC’s NVMe Drive Isn’t as Fast as You Think
I have been all-in on mini PCs now for the past couple of years and have since gotten rid of my enterprise 2U servers and that create a lot of…
The First Services I Always Spin Up in Any Home Lab
Sometimes it is hard to know where to start when building a home lab. It can be overwhelming with all the choices and services that you know you may need…
Proxmox Enhanced Configuration Utility (PECU): The Ultimate Proxmox VE GPU Toolkit for 2025
I have to say that I am a sucker for tools and utilities, especially when these are good and add value to a platform. Not long ago, I did a…
Why Talos Omni Kubernetes Has Changed My Home Lab
There are a lot of great ways to run Kubernetes in your home lab. I have covered many of these from running k3s to running a Minikube cluster on Ubuntu…
Caddy Reverse Proxy in 2025: The Simplest Docker Setup for Your Home Lab
If you have been keeping up with my home lab projects lately, you know I have been playing around with a lot of different reverse proxies and learning as much…