/Recent content in Home on grayshirt.devHugoen-usTue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000/self-hosted-state-of-the-union/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000/self-hosted-state-of-the-union/<h2 id="homelab-in-massive-quotes">&ldquo;Homelab&rdquo; in massive quotes</h2> <p>After reaching a threshold of how critical my self-hosted setup is to my day-to-day life, it&rsquo;s hard to call it a <em>homelab</em> with a straight face.</p> <p>For example: a botched upgrade or downtime can remove the ability to access my password manager and thus my entire online existence! It&rsquo;s hardly a &ldquo;lab&rdquo; I can safely play in.</p> <p>That not necessarily a bad thing! It lets me train my operational muscles, especially when my well-being is on the line to force me to do so.</p>