Cisco networking and self-hosted homelab notes from a working network engineer.
Stop sending sensitive data to the cloud. This complete guide shows you how to run powerful open-source AI models like Mistral and Llama locally using Ollama, with Docker, a web UI, VS Code integration, and GPU acceleration.
BGP is the glue that holds the internet together, learn how it works, how to configure it on Cisco, and the security challenges it faces.
Tailscale makes VPN dead simple, install it, and your devices just connect. Here’s how to set it up with subnet routing, exit nodes, and SSH.
Jetson Orin Nano vs Raspberry Pi 5, specs, AI performance benchmarks, power draw, and which board is right for your next project.
Stop configuring servers by hand, a complete Ansible tutorial with practical homelab playbooks for Docker, user management, and container deployment.
SSD, NVMe, or HDD? A practical breakdown of speed, price, and when each type makes sense, with specific drive recommendations for every use case.
A deep dive into Cisco’s three operating systems, IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-XR, their architectures, platforms, CLI differences, and when you’ll encounter each.
A hands-on guide to VLANs, what they are, why segmentation matters, and how to configure them on a managed switch with Cisco CLI examples.
Learn how to set up Uptime Kuma, the free self-hosted monitoring tool that keeps watch over your homelab services and alerts you when things go wrong.
A no-nonsense guide to building a killer gaming PC for around $1,100, with tested parts picks, performance expectations, and first-timer tips.
How I run Home Assistant in Docker on a Jetson Orin Nano next to 23 other containers: Zigbee and Z-Wave sticks, MQTT for Ring, the 8 GB memory squeeze, remote access without open ports, and what has actually broken.
How I run AdGuard Home with Unbound as a private recursive resolver on my homelab server: the wiring, three blocklists, split-horizon DNS rewrites, and the two gotchas that have bitten me.
