Setting Up the Perfect Media Server
A practical, opinionated guide to designing a Plex, Emby or Jellyfin media server that runs quietly for years — from hardware selection to *arr automation.
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Insights, tutorials, and thoughts on media servers, home labs, DevOps, and more.
Building Your First Proxmox Home Lab
How to design a Proxmox-based home lab from the ground up — hypervisor layout, VM and container split, storage, networking and the gotchas we wish someone had told us.
Comprehensive Backup Strategies for the Modern Home
The 3-2-1 backup rule, applied properly — how to design a layered backup strategy for photos, documents, media and home-lab configurations without spending a fortune.
DevOps Best Practices for Small Teams
You do not need a platform team to ship like one. A pragmatic playbook for CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability and on-call when there are five of you.
Running a Kubernetes Cluster at Home
When does a home Kubernetes cluster actually make sense, what should you run on it, and how do you keep it from becoming a second job? A grounded take.
Remote Technical Support, Done Right
Why modern remote support beats on-site for most home and small-business IT — and how to choose a provider who actually respects your time and your data.