Tag: homelab

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Which LoRa boards to buy for Meshtastic or MeshCore, why the antenna and mounting height matter more than the radio, and what to skip on your first order.

Meshtastic vs MeshCore: routing models, hop limits, who gets to repeat traffic, and which LoRa mesh firmware you should flash on your first radio in 2026.

Komga vs Kavita: the definitive self-hosted comic and manga server comparison. Library structure, OPDS, reading apps, metadata, and Docker Compose for both.

Headlamp is the CNCF-backed Kubernetes UI that won't hold your clusters hostage. Deploy it, add OIDC auth, and extend it with plugins for your home lab setup.

K9s, Lens, and Headlamp compared for Kubernetes cluster management, find the UI that fits your workflow: terminal TUI, desktop GUI, or self-hosted web app.

Pangolin gives you Cloudflare Tunnel-style access to home services via a $5 VPS and a WireGuard mesh. Works even behind CGNAT, with zero vendor lock-in.

Krew is the kubectl plugin manager. These are the plugins that save time in a home lab Kubernetes setup, plus exactly how to install them all fast.

KEDA lets Kubernetes scale workloads on queue depth, cron schedules, and broker lag, including scale-to-zero for serious home lab resource savings overnight.

Beszel gives you Prometheus-style multi-host monitoring via a single hub container and tiny Go agents, no Grafana, no exporters, no yak shaving.

Crossplane vs Terraform and OpenTofu for home lab infra: GitOps-native Kubernetes CRDs versus battle-tested HCL, which one actually fits your k3s cluster?

Stop guessing Kubernetes pod resource limits. Goldilocks + VPA analyze real usage and recommend exactly what CPU and memory your containers need to run.