tinyrack.net provides homelab news and reviews.
Homelab?
HomeLab means a lab inside your home.
In English-speaking communities, it usually means a personal environment where someone builds and operates servers, network equipment, or storage at home. If you have a NAS at home, that can also be called a homelab.
Most people today use cloud services from Google, Apple, and other large providers. Learning about homelabs lets you build and operate similar services yourself at home. For free, too. Sounds fun, right?
With a homelab, you can try many different things:
- Image and video backup or management
- Home-wide ad blocking
- Password management
- Web office tools
- A personal blog
- Notes, Notion-style
- Community sites
- Game servers
A homelab is a hobby that makes computers fun again. You can start with an old desktop or laptop, so it is affordable and can reduce e-waste. These days it is also approachable enough that you do not have to be an expert to begin.
About Me
I, tinyrack, am a Korean developer and an ordinary middle-aged guy. Although I work as a developer, I am closer to an enthusiast than a specialist. After work I often spend more time tinkering with computers at home. These are the things I usually do there:
- I maintain my homelab server, including the server that runs this site.
- I make unpopular YouTube videos to introduce the homelab hobby.
- I write posts here and on the forum.
- I experiment with different Linux distributions.
- I test many kinds of small computers.
I am basically an indoors person, so I do a lot of online activity. You can find me at the links below.
My Goal
My ultimate goal is to introduce the homelab hobby to more people and create many more homelab addicts like me. I hope your homes eventually become full of server computers and cables.
That is why I want to build a variety of homelab content and platforms. This space focuses on news and reviews, while the forum provides a wiki and community.
If you want to try this hobby, I recommend starting with the forum wiki. If you get stuck, feel free to ask a question on the forum or contact me by email.
Contact
If you have questions, send an email to contact@tinyrack.net.