The Tool Stack That Works
After a lot of trial and error, I’ve landed on a homelab tool stack that actually works - not just individually, but together as a system. Each tool earns it...
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Spinning Up a Local LLM Stack on the MS-S1 MAX
I’ve been sending a lot of prompts to cloud APIs lately - Claude, GPT-4, the usual suspects. They’re great, but every time I fire off an internal automation ...
Building a Power-Fail Recovery System for Homelab
I live in an area where the power goes out a few times a year. Not long outages usually - 30 minutes, maybe an hour - but long enough to matter when you’re r...
Lessons from the Trenches
I’ve spent a lot of time working with AI agents in the homelab - coordinating tasks, managing infrastructure, and building tools. Along the way, I’ve picked ...
Challenges & How We Overcame Them
Nothing in the homelab works on the first try. That’s not a complaint - it’s just reality. Every project comes with its own set of obstacles, and the OpenCla...
Building the OpenClaw Journal
I’ve been running a homelab for a while now, and I’ve been working with AI agents - specifically Claude via OpenClaw - to manage infrastructure, automate wor...