About Homelab Notes

Homelab Notes is a personal blog documenting my journey building and maintaining a home server using reused hardware.

Instead of buying expensive enterprise equipment, I decided to repurpose an HP ProDesk 600 G2 Mini and turn it into a practical homelab for media streaming, file storage, DNS filtering, virtualization and Docker services.

The goal is simple:

  • Learn new technologies
  • Reduce dependence on cloud services
  • Reuse existing hardware
  • Have fun building things

Everything documented here comes from real-world experience, including successes, mistakes and lessons learned along the way.