Home Assistant kept wasting power on my home lab, and this tiny change fixed it
Home Assistant's built-in DNS tool caused CPU spikes and noise in the author's home lab until a simple command fixed it.
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Your NAS is becoming a single point of failure, and consolidating everything onto it is the reason why
NAS devices are becoming single points of failure as users consolidate multiple services onto them, creating risks of widespread downtime. Experts recommend keeping storage separate from compute-heavy workloads.
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Tailscale is the only home lab change I made this year that I actually noticed
A home lab enthusiast describes how Tailscale evolved from a remote-access tool into the central management layer for every device, container, and AI workload in their setup.
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A used Lenovo ThinkCentre is still the best $100 you can spend on a home lab
A used Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny can be bought for around $100, offering quad‑core i5 performance and scalable upgrades, making it the most cost‑effective foundation for a multi‑node home lab.
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Running Proxmox on my ASUS NUC 14 Pro Plus taught me where mini PCs still fall short
Running Proxmox on an ASUS NUC 14 Pro Plus reveals both the capabilities and limitations of mini PCs for virtualization workloads.
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My UGREEN DXP4800 Pro NAS quietly replaced half my home lab, and I didn’t expect that
A UGREEN DXP4800 Pro NAS evolved from basic storage to hosting key home lab services, improving efficiency but adding dependency risks.
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Raspberry Pi 4 finds new role as network monitor in home lab
After moving Home Assistant to a mini PC, the author repurposes a Raspberry Pi 4 as a low‑power network‑monitoring hub using Pi‑hole, Unbound, ntopng, NetAlertX and Tailscale.
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Synology's DSM is brilliant until you realize what TrueNAS and Unraid can actually do
A veteran NAS user compares Synology's user-friendly DSM with TrueNAS and Unraid, highlighting the trade-offs between simplicity and customization in network storage solutions.
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Home Labbers Say to Ditch Your ISP Router, But the Fritz Box 7530 Has WireGuard, Dynamic DNS, and Even a Media Server
The Fritz Box 7530, an ISP-grade router provided by some European ISPs, stands out for its feature-rich Fritz OS, dynamic DNS, WireGuard support, and media server—making it a top choice for home lab enthusiasts.
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I put my Steam library on my NAS, and it was both brilliant and stupid
Storing Steam games on a NAS via iSCSI delivers near-local SSD performance in single-player titles, with caveats for multiplayer latency and 10G networking requirements.
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Proxmox's real advantage isn't the platform, it's what the community built around it
Proxmox's community-driven helper scripts transform it into a sustainable and approachable platform for home lab users, balancing flexibility with ease of use.
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Microsoft keeps promising wsl will finally feel native, and I'm tired of waiting
Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux still lags behind its native‑Linux promise, with slow file I/O, networking glitches and rising memory usage forcing home‑lab users to restart the subsystem regularly.
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Learning OS Recovery: How Breaking Systems Builds Better Admin Skills
A tech enthusiast shares how breaking systems daily enhances admin skills through virtualization and robust backups.
