Origin-Story

If you came here looking for Kubernetes, Linux, Proxmox, Raspberry Pis, homelabs, clusters, DevOps, AI, or someone nerding out about infrastructure, don’t worry. We’re definitely getting there. But before we start talking about dashboards, servers, observability stacks, and why I willingly spend hours troubleshooting Linux problems I probably created myself, I figured it was time to tell you who I actually am. Because the truth is, technology wasn’t my first identity. Football was. And for a long time, I honestly didn’t know who I was without it. ...

Missed Part 1? Start here: From Football to Kubernetes: How I Reinvented Myself Through Technology If you read Part 1, you know football was my first identity. Technology definitely wasn’t. At least not on the surface. But if I’m being honest, the nerd side of me had always been there. It just took me a while to fully let it out. And believe it or not Ced’s Home Lab didn’t start with expensive servers, enterprise gear, or fancy cloud infrastructure. It started with trash. No seriously. Literal trash. ...

Most people see an old computer sitting beside a dumpster and think: “Yeah… somebody finally got rid of that thing.” Me? I saw potential. Now before anybody starts judging me yes, I know how this sounds. But if you’re in the homelab world, into computers, electronics, or just like tinkering with tech, then you already know the truth: Old hardware isn’t dead hardware. It’s just waiting for somebody nerdy enough to resurrect it. ...