The Lab

The infrastructure backbone. Handles containerized services, CI/CD, observability, and anything that benefits from a dedicated always-on Linux environment.

Primary use cases

• Self-hosted CI/CD with 9 GitHub Actions runners
• Full observability stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo)
• Reverse proxy and DNS (Caddy, CoreDNS)
• Cloudflare tunnel for public-facing services
• AI gateway preview deployments
• Infrastructure monitoring with Blackbox Exporter

Dedicated GPU machine for running and hosting local AI models. Keeps inference fast and private with 128 GB of RAM and a full RTX 4080.

Primary use cases

• Local LLM inference and hosting with Ollama
• GPU-accelerated model fine-tuning
• Image generation with ComfyUI and Stable Diffusion
• Running large models that need 128 GB system RAM
• CUDA development and testing

Used as a lightweight terminal to access the Home Lab remotely. Keeps the workflow mobile without sacrificing power.

Primary use cases

• Portable terminal for SSH into home lab machines
• On-the-go development with Cursor
• Remote pair programming via JetBrains Gateway
• Accessing Grafana dashboards remotely
• Travel workstation with full Tailscale access

Quick access to the home lab from anywhere. Monitor dashboards, check deployments, and SSH into machines on the go.

Primary use cases

• Remote monitoring via Grafana dashboards
• SSH terminal access with Termux
• Quick CI/CD status checks
• Alert notifications from infrastructure
• On-call incident response

A portable monitoring station with a large screen. Perfect for reviewing dashboards, reading documentation, and light development via Samsung DeX.

Primary use cases

• Portable monitoring station with large display
• Code review on a bigger screen
• Remote desktop via Samsung DeX
• Reading documentation and architecture diagrams
• Video calls during on-call rotations