Archive: https://archive.today/1Za3K From the post: >>For as long as I’ve worked in tech, I’ve had some kind of homelab (even if I didn’t call it that at the time). It started as a hand-me-down desktop that I used as my first Linux server in my childhood bedroom and eventually grew to a few devices stacked in a rack, some smart plugs on a VLAN, and a handful of bash scripts glued together to make things work. But over time, it started to feel more like a pile of parts than an intentional system. This post is the beginning of a series documenting the rebuild – both as a technical reference and as a way to keep myself honest. The new setup is focused on designing and building something resilient, extensible, and useful. Something that helps me grow as an engineer, experiment freely, and run serious infrastructure on my own terms.