A home-lab user migrated from TrueNAS to NixOS after TrueNAS's build-system changes, using an AI agent with strict no-change instructions, disko, and a VM rehearsal to safely transfer ~100 TiB of ZFS …
A developer's team encountered three critical mistakes while setting up a self-hosted Ollama homelab for DevOps assistance: silent CPU fallback due to CUDA version mismatch, an OOM crash that took dow…
A financial infrastructure engineer migrated a broker's virtualization from a proprietary hypervisor to Proxmox with zero downtime, consolidating two sites and cutting licensing costs from tens of tho…
A user describes using Umbrel as the base system for their home server, noting its ease of use via GUI but acknowledging security and customization limitations. They host services including a Monero n…
A developer built a secure AI agent for managing Proxmox virtual environments, focusing on predictable and safe operations for tasks like creating VMs and fixing storage issues. OpenAI's Bonnie Xu dis…
A developer built Proximo, an open-source Proxmox MCP + A2A server that requires user approval before executing destructive actions and maintains an audit trail. The tool, developed with assistance fr…
A developer outlines how to implement Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) in home labs using AI-native security tools like HookProbe's Neural-Kernel cognitive defense. The approach shifts from traditional '…
The article explains how to install and use open-source Cockpit modules developed by 45Drives on Linux servers, even those not purchased from the company. It focuses on the ZFS management module and t…
This article provides instructions for setting up a SPICE client on macOS to connect to Proxmox virtual machines. The process involves installing the `virt-viewer` tool via Homebrew, creating an Autom…