Homelab
It Is Always DNS: Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, Technitium, and the SPOF Problem
A practical DNS design guide for Pi-hole, AdGuard Home, and Technitium that avoids the single-point-of-failure trap.
Orange Pi 6 vs Raspberry Pi 5 for Homelab: Powerful Hardware, Real Tradeoffs
Orange Pi 6 brings dual 2.5GbE, dual NVMe, LPDDR5, and serious AI claims to a tiny board, but software support and total cost decide whether it belongs in your homelab.
UPS Buying Guide for Home Servers: Runtime Is Not the Main Point
A practical UPS buying guide for home servers, NAS devices, routers, and homelabs focused on clean shutdown, sizing, USB signaling, and battery maintenance.
Old Gaming PC vs Mini PC: The Real Power-Cost Math for 24/7 Servers
A practical power-cost guide for deciding whether an old gaming PC or an efficient mini PC makes more sense as a 24/7 home server.
NAS vs DAS vs Mini PC: The Storage Decision Tree
A practical decision tree for choosing NAS, DAS, or mini PC storage based on who needs the files, how apps run, and how recovery should work.
The Complete Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab Media Automation Series
A series wrap-up linking the complete Plex, Seerr, Tracearr, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, Tdarr, storage, GPU, reverse proxy, backup, and monitoring homelab guides. Rights and lawful use: Follow this series only for media you are permitted to obtain, organize, back up, transcode, and play. Request automation and indexer integration do not create permission to acquire, […]
How Seerr and Tracearr Fit Into a Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab
A detailed architecture guide showing how Seerr request intake and Tracearr playback analytics complete a Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr homelab workflow.
Tracearr Setup Guide: Real-Time Monitoring for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby
A practical Tracearr guide for monitoring Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby streams with real-time sessions, playback analytics, account-sharing alerts, privacy-aware access, and source-based Ubuntu deployment.
Homelab Backup Strategy: NAS, Offsite Copies, and Restore Tests
A practical homelab backup strategy covering 3-2-1 design, NAS backups, offsite copies, immutable or offline protection, and restore drills.