Build, Experiment, and Innovate. Explore hands-on projects and personal homelabs. From server setups to DIY creations, learn how to innovate and experiment with technology at home.
Homelab and Projects
A HomeLab provides a proper learning environment for computer infrastructure and software and infrastructure. With over half a million members on the r/HomeLab reddit channel, it is impossible to deny the popularity of the hobby.
Homelab and Projects
A hard lesson for any sysadmin to learn is to have an outage without even knowing it. The following describes how Technodabbler converted a simple #cron #monitoring into a light-weight monitoring solution.
Homelab and Projects
Mounting a Rosewill 4U server case? Skip the frustrating official rails—iStarUSA TC-RAIL-26 offers a sturdy, reliable alternative. With patience, you’ll get a pro-level rack setup without the hassle.
Homelab and Projects
When building a homelab, noise is a common concern. Enterprise-level servers were never designed to be quiet. For those resourceful enough, you can build a sound proof cabinet. Here is how Technodabbler did it.
Homelab and Projects
GitHub Actions and Kubernetes streamline web app deployment, letting developers focus on coding. But as projects scale, complexity grows—can automation replace experts, or is specialized knowledge still key?
Homelab and Projects
Tired of pricey phone bills? VoIP can replace your home phone with a flexible, cost-effective system. With a SIP provider, a digital PBX, and IP phones, you can build your own smart telephony setup!
Homelab and Projects
After two failed FXO gateways, one device finally made home VoIP work. Discover what it took to bridge an analog line with digital phones.
Homelab and Projects
A dead charging port left an Nvidia Shield Tablet inaccessible—but with a careful power bypass, I revived it just long enough to recover critical files. A risky but effective last resort!
Homelab and Projects
Need more storage in your homelab? Learn how the Titanus Disk Shelf project turned a noisy challenge into a quiet, DIY solution - and how anyone can build one too.
Homelab and Projects
It's not secret that I am a big fan of Ubiquiti hardware. I've already written about their hardware twice in the past. But this latest upgrade to my home network is elegant superfluousness : the Ubiquiti US-8-150W 8 port POE switch. Why buy this? The Ubiquiti US-8-150W
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Having used computers for the last thirty years, I've seen my share of disasters. The biggest impact of these incidents is always data loss : hardware can always be replaced but once data is lost, it is gone. That is why data should always be regularly backup. As such,
Homelab and Projects
Wifi is difficult to deploy properly and even more difficult to debug. When living in a small apartment, the solution is pretty simple : place a simple wifi router roughly in the middle of the appartement. However, in a large multi-floor house, getting a strong wifi signal in every room can