Year-One Build Log: Everything I'd Do Differently
A year ago this rack was a wire shelf, a surge strip, and a gateway sitting on top of a modem sitting...
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Top 10 Homelab Mistakes That Cost You Time Later
Most homelab regrets are not about the gear. They are about decisions made in the first two weekends that quietly set the...
Rack-Mounting an eero Setup (When You Have to Keep It)
There is a particular kind of homelab that starts with a rack and a plan, and there is another kind — more...
Lutron Smart Bridge in a Rack: Why and How
The Lutron Smart Bridge is one of those devices that spends its life as a small white puck sitting on a shelf,...
UniFi Switch 8 (Original): Still Useful in 2026?
The original UniFi Switch 8 has been quietly moving packets in racks for the better part of a decade, and every few...
Cloud Key Gen2 Plus: Still Worth It vs Local UniFi OS Console
There was a stretch of UniFi history where the Cloud Key was not optional. If you wanted a UniFi network, something had...
Apple TV and Mac Mini in a Homelab Rack (the AV-style way)
Homelabbers tend to think they invented the problem of putting small, earless Apple hardware into a rack. They did not. Custom AV...
UniFi 10G Uplink Patterns for a Homelab
Most homelabs do not need 10G everywhere. They need 10G in one or two specific places — between the NAS and the...
UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber: SFP+ from the ISP, Cleanly
Fiber internet arrives at most homes as an awkward compromise: the ISP drops off a little plastic ONT, hangs a router off...
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