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2026 10
- Full Disk Encryption on Fedora w/ TPM2
- Linux Equivalent to Group Policy
- Corporate Repository
- Systemd-Networkd as a Router
- Multicast TV Distribution on my Home Network
- Starting my Content Delivery Network
- Starting my Content Delivery Network
- Why I Don't Link DHCP + DNS (3 ways to update DNS)
- How I Automated my Network with Ansible
- Starting my own Autonomous System for Fun
2025 8
2024 12
- Physical Network Access Control with 802.1X
- Caching Linux Package Repositories
- Securely Expose your Homelab Services with Mutual TLS
- Single Root IO Virtualization in Proxmox (for NICs)
- Using NETCONSOLE to debug Linux (and Proxmox) Kernel Panics
- Imaging a bare-metal system using Proxmox Backup Client
- Rebuilding Proxmox Backup Server from Backups
- Simple Self-Hosted Security with Authelia
- Relaying Traffic to Self-Host with CGNAT
- Kwumsy H3 Stream Dock USB Protocol
- Proxmox Backup Auto-Shutdown
- UGreen NASync DXP4800 Plus Teardown
2023 34
- All About SUBNETTING your Networks! + Setup in OPNsense
- Proxmox Unprivilaged LXC Container Bind Mount UID/GID Mapping
- Unleash your Home Cameras with FRIGATE Self-Hosted AI Video Recorder! Install on Proxmox LXC
- Installing Mikrotik RouterOS on Proxmox VE easily
- Building a TELEPROMPTER with a Raspberry Pi
- A $9 Introduction to the RISC-V Future of Computing
- Packet Capture in Proxmox
- REALLY Persistent Ethernet Interfaces on Linux
- Migrating my PERSONAL SERVER from TrueNAS to Proxmox
- Mellanox NICs with VLAN-Aware Bridges on Linux
- Gitea: Easy Self-Hosted Git Repositories!
- Should I use TAPE BACKUP in 2023? LTO-5 Drive with Proxmox Backup Server
- MOVING My Website from Static Hosting to Caddy!
- Layer 4 vs Layer 7 Reverse Proxies: Using HAProxy to front Web Services (for IPv4 to v6 Transition)
- The Power of Zero-Trust Architecture: Building a Secure Internal Network with Nebula
- Using Proxmox METRICS In Your Homelab
- Self-Hosted TRUST with your own Certificate Authority!
- Organize your Homelab Services with Dashy!
- The ULTIMATE Guide to Fiber Optic Home Networking
- The Homelab Swiss Army Knife: ZimaBoard
- Setting Up my PROXMOX Backup Server!
- Remove Proxmox Server Access over SERIAL! Cheaper Alternative to IPMI or KVMs
- Network KVM for ALL of my Servers!
- Fully Routed Networks in Proxmox! Point-to-Point and Weird Cluster Configs Made Easy
- One WiFi, Multiple Networks! Segment your WiFi Network with Private Pre-Shared-Keys
- Manage your Media Collection with Jellyfin! Install on Proxmox with Hardware Transcode
- Welcome to the Editing Den! My Editing Workflow
- I spent a WEEK without IPv4 to understand IPv6 transition mechanisms
- Linux VM Templates in Proxmox on EASY MODE using Prebuilt Cloud Init Images!
- Making Proxmox into a pretty good NAS
- FIXING my USB3 2.5Gbe network adapters on Linux / Proxmox!
- Take Control of your Smarthome with Home Assistant! Installation Tutorial on Proxmox
- Terramaster NAS as low-cost Proxmox node? Teardown and SW Install!
- Ultimate Home Server Megaproject
2022 46
- All about POOLS | Proxmox + Ceph Hyperconverged Cluster fäncy Configurations for RBD
- HDMI Distribution over your Home Network? Low-Cost HDMI Matrix using IP-Based Hardware
- Import a Virtual Machine Template (OVA, VMDK, RAW, ...) into Proxmox!
- Proxmox NETWORKING: VLANs, Bridges, and Bonds!
- Thin Client Addicts Anonymous - HP T530 Teardown/Review
- Waveshare UPS Battery Backup for your Raspberry Pi! With Data Logging to MQTT
- Backup Proxmox VE to the CLOUD! Backup Hook Scripts and S3
- Sub-$100 Networked 433Mhz Receiver for Home Assistant
- CNC Router Web Control Appliance
- New Toy! HP MicroServer Gen8
- My Introduction to CNC - 3018 Desktop Router
- CNC Router Megaproject
- A Viewer's Donation (Part 1) - Dell Wyse 7010
- Net Booting the Proxmox VDI Client (feat. Alpine Linux)
- Not Every Project Works, And That's Okay (Multiseat USB Dongles)
- Making the $250 Proxmox HA Cluster Hyperconverged
- Mikrotik SXT US with T-Mobile - LTE Backup for the Homelab?
- Setting up a Netboot (PXE) Server for Alpine Linux
- 2 gamers, 1 cpu, NO Virtualization!
- Small Proxmox Cluster Tips and Tricks, and QDevices
- Installing Proxmox VE 7 on Debian Bullseye
- PVE-VDIClient - A Python Graphical VDI Client for Proxmox
- Buying More Thin Clients for more 'fun'?
- A Modern Linux Graphical Terminal Server
- Multiuser, Multidesktop, and Multiseat Megaproject
- Low-Cost Garage Door Automation with Home Assistant and Sonoff
- Studio Upgrade - New Mic!
- Setting up a Proxmox HA Cluster
- Hyper-Converged Cluster Megaproject
- Orders of Magnitude
- Choose a Thin Client Session Graphically
- Thin Client Megaproject
- USB Pass Through for the Raspberry Pi Thin Client
- My First 100 Subscribers!
- Buying a used Thin Client for 'Fun'
- Backup System Build
- Can TrueNAS backup a Proxmox host using ZFS replication?
- Network Mounting OctoPrint Data from a NAS
- Proxmox Clustering with 2 Nodes
- Backing Up TrueNAS Datasets to Proxmox Backup Server
- My History of Storage, Preparing for a new Backup Server
- Backing Up OPNsense to a Samba share using Node-Red
- My Start in Twitch streaming
- Using a Raspberry Pi as a Thin Client for Proxmox VMs
- Logging Gateway Statistics from OPNsense to InfluxDB using Node-Red
- Selecting Policy Routes in OPNsense from Home Assistant
2021 47
- Christmas Maze Boxes
- Holiday Lighting with Sonoff, Tasmota, and Home Assistant
- Camera Bracket for the CR-10 MAX
- Getting my CR-10 MAX Printing Again
- Introducing StorageTags
- Fiducial Markers for Physical Storage Tracking
- Playing with Fiducial Markers and AprilTags
- Setting Up my Creality CR-10 MAX
- Bitscope Server as a Raspberry Pi Systemd Service
- Upgrading my Zigbee network with the zig-a-zig-ah! (zzh!)
- WLED Lighting for my Desk
- Laundry Finished Notification
- 3D Printer Nozzle Camera
- My First YouTube Video! And NozzleCam Project
- How Much Power does a 3D Printer Consume?
- Flexy Rex Kid-Friendly 3D Printing
- Tasmota Flashing Day
- Controlling USB Camera Lights on Raspberry Pi with USB Hub Power Control
- The Bare Minimum Custom Systemd Service
- Networked DVD Ripping with Raspberry Pi and iSCSI
- The Ultimate OctoPi Setup
- A Little LED Teaser
- Experimenting with Kitchen Lighting Automation
- Integrating Security Camera Motion Detection with Lighting Control
- Temperature and Humidity Sensor Showdown
- A Quick 3D Printer Box Update, and a Raspberry Pi Case
- Diskless Windows Desktop using PXE with a Linux backend
- Home Automation Christmas in September
- Raspberry Pi Follow-Up: Backing Up Zigbee2MQTT
- Not Every Project Works, And That's Okay
- Low-Cost 433Mhz Sensor Network with rtl_433 on Raspberry Pi
- A Quick Primer on Autofs
- Raspberry Pi SD Failure, and Backing Up ZWaveJS2MQTT
- Re-Using Old XFINITY Security Hardware in a Real Automation System
- A Quick Infill Project
- Starting my Personal Website
- 3D Printer Mood
- My First Post
- Simple Polycarbonate Enclosure for Prusa Printers
- First (mis)Steps in Bathroom Automation
- Tracking my Cat with Frigate NVR
- Getting Started with Automated Lighting with Z-Wave
- How I Solved My Afternoon Sun Glare with IKEA and Zigbee
- Cheap PoE Fisheye Camera for 3D Printing
- Accurate Water Measurement with ESP32
- Measuring Water Softener Salt Remaining with ESP32
- My Very Tiny Virtualization Lab