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Checklists, templates, field notes, and starter paths for practical technical work.
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Networking
Routing, switching, wireless, VLANs, monitoring, diagrams, and troubleshooting habits.
Network security
Firewall policy, segmentation, account protection, patching, logs, backups, and incident-prevention basics.
AI workflows
Useful automation, prompt patterns, documentation workflows, privacy review, and practical AI operations.
Linux and homelab
Servers, virtualization, containers, storage, backups, monitoring, and lab designs that build production habits.
Plex / media server
Storage design, permissions, GPU transcoding, Tdarr automation, legal-use guardrails, backups, and recovery.
PisoWiFi
Backhaul, coverage, vouchers, customer isolation, power backup, uptime monitoring, and maintenance routines.
Field checklists
Network review checklist
Inventory routers, switches, access points, VLANs, WAN links, DNS, DHCP, monitoring, backups, admin accounts, and diagrams before changing a live environment.
Security quick wins
Confirm unique passwords, MFA, least-privilege admin access, current firmware, clean firewall rules, isolated guest networks, backups, and log visibility.
AI workflow review
Identify the data being shared, redact sensitive details, define the expected output, review generated changes, and keep humans responsible for approvals.
Homelab baseline
Track hardware, hypervisor or container platform, storage layout, backup targets, DNS names, certificates, monitoring, and update windows.
Plex / media server build
Separate final media, app config, downloads, transcode cache, backups, and GPU work. Confirm direct-play goals before tuning transcoding.
PisoWiFi launch
Plan site survey, backhaul, coverage, customer isolation, voucher rules, support messaging, uptime checks, weather protection, and power backup.
Planning templates to build next
IP and VLAN plan
Network names, subnets, gateway IPs, DHCP scopes, DNS, firewall zones, allowed paths, denied paths, and ownership notes.
Firewall review sheet
Rule purpose, source, destination, service, owner, expiration date, logging setting, and review status.
Backup and restore tracker
What is backed up, where it lives, retention period, encryption status, last test restore, and owner.
Homelab service inventory
Service name, host, port, storage path, update method, backup method, dependencies, and recovery steps.
PisoWiFi site survey
User area, power, backhaul, mounting, enclosure, cable path, signal obstacles, interference, and maintenance access.
AI privacy review
Data classification, redaction, model/tool used, output review, approval owner, and retention notes.
Runbooks and downloads
Outage troubleshooting flow
Start with power and link state, then WAN, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewall policy, authentication, and application health.
Firmware update runbook
Back up config, verify release notes, schedule a window, update one layer at a time, test critical paths, and document rollback steps.
Plex / Tdarr maintenance
Review queue failures, storage pressure, GPU use, library scans, backup age, and automation reports before changing large batches.
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