Homelab
Self-hosting, hardware, and the boxes that run the lab.
The best NAS for self-hosting and local AI in 2026
Most "best NAS" lists are written for people storing photos. Here is the honest pick for a NAS that also feeds a self-hosted lab and local AI — with the gotcha that catches everyone.
Read →The cheap mini PC that runs my local AI lab
You do not need a $2,000 GPU rig to run useful local AI. Here is the small, quiet, under-$300 box doing most of the work in my homelab — and exactly what to put in it.
Read →The best mini PC for Proxmox in 2026 (what I actually run)
Skip the spec-sheet roulette. Here are the mini PCs genuinely worth running Proxmox on in 2026, sorted by budget, with the exact trade-offs that bite you later.
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