A practical OpenClaw update checklist for my homelab: snapshot the VM first, review the release, upgrade, restart the gateway, verify the running version, then smoke test the assistant runtime.
How I migrated 28 services from Docker Swarm to Talos Linux Kubernetes in 2 days with zero downtime. Cilium CNI, MetalLB BGP, Flux GitOps, and all the things that went wrong along the way.
Transform Authentik default UI into a cyberpunk glassmorphism portal with AI-generated backgrounds, glowing app cards, and smooth animations.
How I replaced Microsoft Entra ID with Authentik for self-hosted SSO across Grafana, GitLab, and Portainer. Full control, better latency, zero cloud dependencies.
How I got true active-active HAProxy load balancing using BGP anycast on a UniFi UDM Pro Max. No expensive routers needed.
RAM prices hurt, power bills hurt more, and everyone wants to run local AI. The homelab of 2026 is smaller, smarter, and completely different from what we had five years ago.
Stop manually registering every new VM. With a simple cloud-init snippet, your Proxmox VMs can auto-enroll into PatchMon the moment they boot. Here's how to set it up in under 5 minutes.
SamanthAI my artificial intelligence learning lab, all about LLMs and personnal assistant
Docker Swarm & Containers
Dropping everything in a single blog post is difficult so I chose to split it in three parts
For as long as I can remember, I've had a homelab. Honestly, it’s been so many years now that I can hardly recall exactly when or how it all began
When configuring my NAS system, I selected TrueNas Scale instead of Unraid due to specific considerations related to my primary workloads: virtual machines managed with Proxmox and Docker Swarm. Here are the key reasons for my choice