Tag: home lab

MCPs in My Homelab: Turning Codex Into a Real Ops + Dev Copilot

MCPs in My Homelab: Turning Codex Into a Real Ops + Dev Copilot

I spent a couple sessions wiring up MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers in my homelab so Codex can stop guessing and start verifying: live Home ... Read More

Using Home Assistant Time Machine to Back Up and Restore Dashboards

Using Home Assistant Time Machine to Back Up and Restore Dashboards

If you’ve ever broken a Lovelace view and wished for a quick “undo,” Home Assistant Time Machine is the safety net. It’s a lightweight web ... Read More

Adding the new Meraki Hardware to my Lab – MS220-8P

Adding the new Meraki Hardware to my Lab – MS220-8P

Today I was able to add in some new gear to my Lab.  Huge thanks to Chris Hahn for sending over his unused 8 Port ... Read More

Home Protection from Power outages (Sort of) with the BGE70.

Home Protection from Power outages (Sort of) with the BGE70.

So June is the official start of Hurricane season down here in Florida.   This is basically when it rains every day like clockwork from 4pm ... Read More

Stop Tracking your IP with a Spreadsheet

Stop Tracking your IP with a Spreadsheet

Maybe you have a small network, home or lab, but still have enough devices on the network that keeping track of IP addresses is necessary.  ... Read More