Yes, I need it and its 40tbs of storage. Ignore the fact im only using 1tb.
Automating lights I could just flip manually.
It... works?
Subpar access points that create a second nat!
A laptop pretending to be a server. It's trying its best.
Everything lives in a container. I have commitment issues.
DID SOMEONE SAY THIRD NAT?
A desk phone. In 2026. Don't ask.
Smart home. Mostly.
Legally acquired media streaming.
Because Spotify wasn't enough.
My own cloud. Take that, Google.
VPN that sometimes just works.
Port forwarding is hard on 2 nats, let alone 3.
Self-hosted Spotify, minus the recommendations.
SSO so I can forget one password instead of many.
Because GitLab wasn't enough.
I track uptime kuma inside uptime kuma so I'll know when uptime kuma breaks.
I only host what matters most.
Running my own phone system because why not.
| notahomelab | notoverkill | barelyahomelab | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Router | ISP modem | UniFi Dream Machine Pro | TP-Link Decos |
| Switch | TP-Link 8 port something | USW 24 PoE | none |
| NAS | Synology RS818+ | yes | 2TB RAID 1 |
| Server | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon | Fedora Server | 2× Raspberry Pi 5 |
| Containers | 10 | 50 | a few |
| NATs | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Home Assistant | yes | yes | yes |
| Auth | yes | yes | better uptime than GitHub |