Homelab
LXC vs VM vs Docker VM in Proxmox
A practical Proxmox placement guide for deciding when to use LXC containers, full VMs, or a dedicated Docker VM for home-lab workloads.
Proxmox Backup Server for Beginners
A beginner-friendly Proxmox Backup Server guide explaining PBS, retention, pruning, verification, restore drills, encryption, offsite sync, and sizing.
Proxmox 9.x Upgrade Plan for Home Labs
A practical Proxmox 9.x upgrade runbook for home labs, covering backups, pve8to9 checks, repositories, Ceph caveats, rollback, and post-upgrade validation.
From Homelab Chatbot to a Private AI Operations Platform
Extend a local chatbot with document retrieval, bounded tools, monitoring, and backups only after defining permissions, ownership, failure behavior, and recovery; begin with read-only assistance.
Running Local AI Alongside Media Services Without Fighting Your GPU
Run Ollama, Tdarr, Plex, Jellyfin, and Frigate on the same homelab more safely by understanding NVENC, NVDEC, CUDA, VRAM, scheduling, and monitoring.
Performance Tuning Ollama and Local LLMs Without Guesswork
Tune Ollama from a repeatable baseline, checking model fit, context, memory placement, concurrency, and answer quality; change one setting at a time and keep a rollback path.
The 2026 Secure Boot Certificate Transition For Proxmox And Debian
Separate physical-host firmware, Debian boot packages, Proxmox virtual firmware and Windows guest trust during Secure Boot planning. Rehearse console and recovery access before changing enrolled certificates.
Model Routing: Different Models for Different Jobs
Compare local models on representative tasks before routing prompts automatically; enforce data restrictions first, make each route visible, and retain an allowed fallback and manual override.
Nemotron and Agentic Local AI
Evaluate a specific Nemotron checkpoint against memory and runtime support, then start agent experiments with read-only tools, scoped credentials, logged calls, and approval for changes.
ESPHome 2026 Fleet Security Migration
Separate ESPHome API encryption, OTA authentication and firmware recovery when planning fleet changes. Use representative devices to check control, updates and reconnection before expanding beyond a recoverable canary.