Cheap kit only stays cheap if the software side stays disciplined. A home lab software stack turns into a mess the moment settings live in web forms and half the logic sits in your head, which is a rubbish place for infrastructure to live.
I took a glossy EV launch page and turned the useful bits into a Home Assistant MQTT car charging dashboard, then spent most of the time fighting the...
Circadian Lighting Automation in Home Assistant matches your lights to the day. Use tunable white bulbs, group lights, and set sunrise, sunset and midday triggers. Start with one room, test kelvin and...
Home Assistant Automation: Build reliable automations with device triggers, blueprints and YAML. Use device_trigger and binary_sensor to cut CPU use. Test automations with the trace tool, keep your...
I build Kubernetes clusters to survive real faults, not to win configuration contests. This guide shows what I do during Kubernetes setup to raise cluster resilience, and which common pitfalls I slide...
Dual OptiPlex Homelab: Print the case on a Bambu P1S in PETG-GF. Fit and wire two OptiPlex boards. You get print settings, cable management methods, cooling fixes and simple automation tips. Use them...
Turn Dell Chromebook 3100 units into cheap Chromebook thin clients for your home automation and remote desktop use. Record serials, remove school management, install Chromium OS Flex or minimal Debian...
Proxmox Backup Server snapshots can yield corrupt metadata if taken while PBS is active. Plan snapshots to separate PBS maintenance from your VM backup windows. Export your config and keys off the...
Learn to diagnose Proxmox disk usage for your Home Assistant VMs. Get the exact commands you need, check the qemu-guest-agent, and know when Home Assistant OS cannot report filesystem stats. Use qm...
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Set up GPU passthrough for Ubuntu 24.4 on Proxmox with clear, practical steps. Check IOMMU in BIOS, bind your AMD Radeon to vfio-pci, attach the PCI device to the VM, and install amdgpu in the guest....
Proxmox on Dell OptiPlex 3050: Use a 3050 Mini PC to run small VMs on NVMe with better single‑thread performance. You will adjust BIOS, configure LVM‑thin storage, set a bridged NIC, apply firewall...
