Watch Any Web Page for Changes With changedetection.io
Stop checking that release page. Let a watcher ping you when it changes.
Load-Balance a Multi-Node Ollama Cluster With Olla
Three Ollama boxes, one smart endpoint that routes, fails over, and reports.
Build a Read-Only Homelab MCP Server for Your LLM
Let an AI read your cluster's health and metrics — and change nothing.
SMART Disk-Health Trending for Your Whole Fleet
A disk warns you before it dies. Trend SMART and you get weeks of notice.
Three of My Four Nodes Couldn't Send the Alert
A backup can fail on a node whose alert can never leave it.
The Email Flood Wasn't Where I Looked
I blamed Grafana. The sent-mail log named the real culprit.
My Backups Silently Failed for a Week
A failed backup leaves your last good copy looking reassuring.
One Homelab, One Email: A Daily Digest You'll Actually Read
Everything used to email me. Now one thing does — at 8:30, with buttons.
What Is Prometheus? Homelab Metrics and Alerts Explained
Pull-based metrics and PromQL, minus the jargon.
What Is Grafana? Homelab Metrics and Dashboards Explained
The dashboards everyone screenshots, finally explained.
Homelab Capacity Planning: What If a Node Dies Tonight?
A simulator that answers: if a node dies tonight, do we fit?
Track AI Token Spend in Grafana: Claude, Codex, and Ollama
Every token your AI tools burn, graphed next to your CPU temps.
Real Screenshots, Zero Leaks: My Disposable Demo Lab
Real screenshots, fake lab — publishing without leaking a thing.
The Docker localhost Trap: 24 Hours of Red, Zero Real Downtime
24 hours of red monitors while everything was actually up.
One UPS, Whole Homelab: Safe Auto-Shutdown with NUT
The power fails; every machine parks itself before the battery dies.
The Self-Healing Arr Stack: Why My Watchlist Silently Stopped Downloading
Rotated keys, zero errors, days of silence — then the fix.
Prove Your Homelab Docs Are Actually Up to Date
Docs that prove they're current, commit by commit.
Uptime Kuma: Dead-Simple Homelab Monitoring Before You Touch Grafana
Monitoring you can set up before lunch and trust by dinner.
Node Exporter + pve-exporter: Complete Proxmox Metrics in Grafana
Node metrics plus cluster metrics, meeting in one dashboard.
Proxmox Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana: Full Stack Setup
From no metrics to full-cluster dashboards in one build.