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My home server was already useful, but here's how adding a used GPU turned it into something entirely different
Give your home server a boost with some gaming firepower.
I ditched cloud printing to keep my 3D printer private, and it's the only thing standing between me and mandatory file scanning
Proposed 3D printer file scanning laws make local printing more important than ever
I thought my NAS drives were the bottleneck, but 2.5GbE networking proved me wrong
Multi-gig Ethernet showed me that the bottleneck in my home network doesn't lie within my home lab
The same Linux setup follows me across three PCs, without cloning a single drive
Keep the same Linux workflow across multiple PCs without cloning drives by syncing configs, package lists, and personal data separately.
TPU finally made sense when I stopped looking for TPU projects and started noticing what rigid plastic does poorly
TPU became far more useful once I stopped chasing flexible-print ideas
I stopped dreading support removal on 3D prints after tweaking my slicer settings
These slicer tweaks made my 3D printing supports easier to remove
I stopped running every Docker container 24/7, and my home server has never been better
I thought my home server needed more hardware. Turns out, I just needed to stop running every Docker container 24/7.
My Raspberry Pi quietly replaced a year of subscriptions I spent hundreds of dollars on
This tiny SBC can run quite a few self-hosted services
Your 3D printer's easiest filament is also the one most likely to shatter
PLA is easy to print, but its brittleness makes it a poor choice for many functional parts
I stopped forwarding ports on my router, and a self-hosted mesh VPN made my home lab safer overnight
The safest port is the one that doesn't exist.
Bots found my home server in minutes - hereâs how I kept them out
Don't assume your home is too small to target anymore
Orange Pi boards have become serious home servers, but the software side hasn't caught up
Orange Pi boards now pack the hardware for serious home server workloads, but their software support still demands more patience than Raspberry Pi.
I run my entire home server in one Docker Compose file, and rebuilding it takes a single command
One Docker file now controls my entire home server.
The best Wi-Fi upgrade I made wasn't a new router, it was moving one piece of furniture
About time I stopped blaming my ISP
A laser engraver is secretly the best labeling machine I own
A laser engraver can do far more than decorative projects. I use mine for durable, custom labels around my 3D printers, workshop, and home lab.
I used Tailscale's subnet routing to make my entire home lab feel like it's on my laptop
The printer doesn't run Tailscale, but it's on my tailnet, anyway.
I 3D-printed food-safe PLA for my kitchen, then learned what actually matters
I printed food-safe PLA for my kitchen, then learned why filament certification, layer lines, cleaning, and print design all matter.
After a year of daily use, my 3D prints taught me an unexpected lesson
My 3D-printed organizers, cases, and holders held up well after a year, but durability wasnât the biggest lesson.
I stopped adding containers to my NAS when I realized what actually belongs there
Your NAS can run far more than file shares, but loading it with every service creates problems. Hereâs what actually belongs there.
I stopped tweaking Jellyfin and started upgrading everything around it instead
I stopped chasing Jellyfin tweaks and found better results by improving clients, metadata, storage, backups, networking, and travel access.
