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I’ve been dabbling in my homelab for a couple of years and it’s turning into quite an obsession, so many different projects I want to undertake.

12 posts

September 12, 2025

Day 6: Building an AI-Powered Budget Analysis System – ML Pipeline & API Success

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September 10, 2025

Building AI Home Budget System: Day 5 Docker & Database Implementation

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September 5, 2025

Building an AI-Powered Home Analytics System: Day 2 – Development Environment & Local AI Setup

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September 4, 2025

Building an AI-Powered Home Analytics System: Day 1 – Database Infrastructure Setup

September 4, 2025

Essential Ubuntu/Debian Linux CLI Commands for Daily Use, Development, and Homelab Setup

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August 28, 2025

Testing NFS Storage Performance for Proxmox VMs: A Complete Guide

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