About
Hey, I'm Brian — welcome to my corner of the internet where I document my homelab and home automation projects.
What You'll Find Here
This site is all about building, breaking, and learning through hands-on projects at home. The main focus areas are:
- Homelab projects — running Kubernetes on Mini PCs and other devices, self-hosted services, and infrastructure experimentation
- Home automation — Home Assistant integrations, smart home setups, and automation workflows
- Home networking — VLANs, DNS, firewalls, and everything needed to run services securely at home using UniFi products.
- Self-hosted solutions — alternatives to cloud services, local control, and privacy-focused tools
Background
By day, I work in DevOps and platform engineering, which gives me exposure to enterprise-scale infrastructure. By night (and weekends), I bring those concepts home — scaled down, simplified, and adapted for a homelab environment where I learn and improve my skillset.
The goal here isn't to replicate production systems at home, but to learn, experiment, and have fun building things that actually work for me and my family.
Why This Blog?
This site serves as my public notebook. When I solve a problem, configure something tricky, or build something useful, I document it here. Some posts are comprehensive guides, others are quick notes for future reference.
If it helps someone else along the way, even better. Everything shared here is for learning and experimentation purposes.
Get in Touch
Feel free to reach out on social media or leave a comment on any post. I'm always interested in hearing about other people's homelab setups and automation projects.