Homelab notes: boring is a feature

Every couple of years I rebuild my home server. Every time, the goal is the same: fewer moving parts.

The current setup

• one small, quiet machine
• containers for everything, defined in a single file
• backups that I actually test

What I stopped doing

I stopped chasing new orchestration tools. I stopped exposing things to the internet “just to try”. I started writing down every change.

Lesson

If I have to think about the server, something is wrong.