Bazarr: Automatic Subtitles for Your Arr Stack
The one *arr add-on almost everyone ends up wanting.
Lidarr: Automate Your Music Library Like Sonarr
Follow an artist once; new albums just appear.
Home Assistant on a NAS: Why Placement Beats Hardware
Your hypervisor is at the office. The devices are at home. Site wins.
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.
Docker Compose Part 2: Update, Back Up, and Move Your Stacks
Deployment is day one. This is every day after.
A Proxmox Container Born, Configured, and Destroyed From Code
Born from code, configured by code, destroyed on schedule.
Ansible for a Cluster You Built by Hand: Capture, Then Assert
Ansible adopts the cluster you built by hand — without touching it.
Rebuild Your Homelab From Zero: What Survives a Total Loss
Lose every node and walk back in — the restore order that works.
Turn a Hand-Built Proxmox Cluster Into Code Without Breaking It
Your running cluster becomes code without a single restart.
Import a Live Proxmox Cluster Into OpenTofu With Zero Changes
Import until the plan says zero — nothing restarts, nothing drifts.
Real Screenshots, Zero Leaks: My Disposable Demo Lab
Real screenshots, fake lab — publishing without leaking a thing.
Jellyseerr: Let Your Family Request Movies Themselves
The family browses and requests; the stack quietly delivers.
The Self-Healing Arr Stack: Why My Watchlist Silently Stopped Downloading
Rotated keys, zero errors, days of silence — then the fix.
10 Mistakes I Made Building a Homelab Second Brain (And How Each Got Fixed)
Ten ways I broke my second brain so yours stays whole.
Your First Docker Compose Stack: From Zero to a Running Service
Your first stack, and every Compose word finally explained.
Run Home Assistant on Proxmox the Right Way (HAOS in a VM)
HAOS gets its own VM — the supported way that never fights you.
One Dashboard for Your Whole Homelab: Set Up Homepage
Stop bookmarking IPs. One page knows where everything lives.
Self-Host Your Photos with Immich: A Private Google Photos Alternative
Google Photos, replaced by a container you own.
Make Your AI Agents Read the Docs First, Every Time
Agents that read the docs first, every session, provably current.
Why Auto-Syncing Your Notes Repo Will Corrupt It
Auto-sync will eat your notes. Lock, validate, then commit.
Never Lose a Homelab Note Again: A Git + Markdown Vault
Notes with version history, grep, and no vendor in sight.
Never Move a Note When a Project Ends
Archive folders break links. Let status change, not addresses.
Share Your Vault Across Machines Without Split-Brain
Many readers, one truth — sharing a vault without split-brain.
Prove Your Homelab Docs Are Actually Up to Date
Docs that prove they're current, commit by commit.
Turn a Pile of Notes Into a Connected Brain
Flat notes in, connected brain out — neurons, synapses, regions.
Turn Your Git Vault Into a Searchable Wiki.js Site
The vault stays canonical; Wiki.js is just its pretty face.
Automating the Arr Stack: Import Lists, Quality Profiles, Media Server
Add a title to a list; the lab does everything else.
Deploy the Arr Stack with Docker Compose (Prowlarr, Radarr, Sonarr)
The full *arr stack standing up in one compose file.
What Is the Arr Stack? Sonarr, Radarr, and Prowlarr Explained
Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr — who does what, in plain English.
Ventoy: One USB Drive for Every ISO You Own
One USB drive that boots every ISO you drop on it.
Hermes Agent: Self-Hosted AI Agent with Fallback Model Chains
A self-hosted agent with a fallback chain for bad model days.