Tag: homelab

Hailo-8 vs Google Coral: which edge AI accelerator actually wins for Frigate NVR, Whisper transcription, and local home lab inference workloads in 2026?

Three Matrix server implementations, Python's Synapse, Go's Dendrite, Rust's Conduit. Which one runs your federated chat without eating your homelab alive?

A 2026 home lab guide to mini PCs with built-in 2.5GbE: NIC chipsets, idle power consumption, thermals, and which small form-factor box fits your use case.

Three mini PC brands dominate homelab 2026: Minisforum, Beelink, Trigkey. Here's how to pick the right Ryzen or N100 box for your cluster.

Your no-BS guide to buying a used GPU for local LLM inference in 2026. Budget tiers from $300 to $5,000 plus, real VRAM math, and tips to dodge the scams.

Rock 5B, Orange Pi 5, and Raspberry Pi 5 compared for home lab use, NVMe, 2.5GbE, NPU, Frigate, k3s performance, and which one you should actually buy.

Before you rack that server and walk away forever, these BIOS and UEFI settings will save you from a 3 AM drive to the datacenter or your dusty basement.

Claude Code puts an agentic AI assistant in your terminal for real homelab work, compose files, bash, Ansible, systemd. The honest take on cost and data.

Boot any OS over the network using iPXE, covers dnsmasq proxyDHCP setup, HTTP boot menus, Talos OS live boot, and the quick netboot.xyz shortcut method.

Build a proper DIY NAS in 2026: case selection, CPU choice, drives, HBA card, ZFS pool layout, UPS sizing, and a real power budget that will not fail you.

kubeadm is the official Kubernetes bootstrapper. k3sup is a one-shot SSH installer for k3s. Here's which one to use for your homelab cluster.

Mikrotik routers cost $50, run a real OS, and humiliate prosumer gear. RouterOS basics, VLANs, firewalling, and why your homelab probably needs one of these.