Homelab

Learn about my homelab journey with my upgraded 2017 Lenovo ThinkStation running Pop!_OS serving up self-hosted apps using CasaOS.

Adding a Brain to My Filing Cabinet: Paperless-ngx with Local AI

March 1, 2026

TL;DR: I gave my private document archive (Paperless-ngx) an AI “brain” using a Mac Mini and some clever open-source software […]

February 23, 2026

In my All Things Operational With Podman post, I mentioned that the next logical step for my Fedora Server homelab

February 21, 2026

My garage currently houses a filing cabinet with a drawer full of a huge, unsorted stack of documents. It’s the

February 14, 2026

[Note: Since this series of blog posts have become more and more technical in nature, I added a Glossary of

February 10, 2026

I flew too close to the Sun I looked this up on Wikipedia: Icarus was the son of Daedalus, who

February 8, 2026

Google Gemini, The SysAdmin Guide I Didn’t Know I Needed Last week’s update ended with me wondering if I could

January 31, 2026

Daily Driver Changes and Leftover Hardware In October 2025, I started using the Pop!_OS Linux distribution as my daily driver

April 19, 2025

Installing and Configuring are Not the Same Thing Two months ago when I first installed CasaOS on the Lenovo ThinkStation,

April 12, 2025

It’s been a few weeks since my last update, and I’m excited to dive back into my homelab journey with