Tag: homelab

All the articles with the tag "homelab".

• Home Assistant Ran Fine in a Windows VM. I Was the Problem.

  30 Apr, 2026

  I ran Home Assistant in a Windows VM for over a year. Updates didn't always break things, but they broke things enough. Here's what finally got me off that setup.

• Hello from the Windowless Basement

  28 Mar, 2026

  A programmer's journey from Windows frustration to a basement full of Linux servers, local models, and home automation. Here's what I accidentally built and what's coming next.