By day, I work in Healthcare. By night (and weekends, and lunch breaks...), I build things with servers.
self-hosted
Is the standard Prometheus and Grafana stack too heavy for your homelab? Learn how to deploy Beszel, a lightweight, push-based monitoring hub that delivers a beautiful, instant dashboard for your servers and Docker containers without the massive resource footprint.
Proxmox
RAM prices are climbing, but you can get far more out of what you already have. Proven techniques to cut memory usage across your Proxmox host, VMs, and Docker containers — no hardware upgrades needed.
OpenClaw
I spent three days testing OpenClaw, a powerful new autonomous AI agentic assistant. From updating servers to writing blog posts, here is why it genuinely feels like magic - and why its staggering token usage is a major red flag.
self-hosted
Stop guessing what is happening inside your servers. This guide sets up Grafana and Prometheus to monitor your Proxmox nodes and Docker containers in real time.
self-hosted
A complete guide to setting up your own self-hosted AI assistant with OpenClaw, Docker, Tailscale, and Telegram on an Ubuntu VM.
Docker
Docker’s default settings prioritise convenience over security, leaving your services surprisingly vulnerable. Discover the 10 essential tweaks you need to lock down your containers before exposing them to the web.
Proxmox Backup Server
Built-in Proxmox backups are fine, but a dedicated Proxmox Backup Server unlocks massive space savings through deduplication. See exactly how I deployed mine to bulletproof my homelab data.
Proxmox
LXC containers are lightweight, but true kernel-level isolation and security require full Virtual Machines. Find out why I chose this route and which Linux distribution serves as the rock-solid foundation for my setup.
data center
Skyrocketing energy prices can make running a 24/7 homelab expensive, but default performance settings waste a massive amount of power. Learn the crucial CPU tweaks I used to drastically cut my cluster's electricity draw without killing performance.
self-hosted
Turning a stack of cheap eBay mini PCs into a fully functional data centre starts with the right base layer. Here is exactly how I clustered four HP EliteDesks into a robust, unified Proxmox environment.
self-hosted
Building a real mini data centre at home requires more than just shoving an old PC under the stairs. Follow my journey as I design, buy, and build a proper self-hosted infrastructure from scratch.