1053: What’s in Our Home Lab
Scott and CJ tour their homelabs, from a fully 3D printed server rack to a custom OPNsense firewall load balancing two ISPs. They dig into Proxmox, Tailscale, Caddy, Synology vs. DIY ZFS storage, Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Immich, Kiwix, and coding over the network with T3 Code and OpenCode.Show Notes00:00 Welcome to Syntax!00:56 What’s in Our Homelabs? Servers, Pis and Workhorse MachinesTEROW 4 Port 2.5G PoE SwitchProxmox03:54 Proxmox Explained: A Hypervisor OS for Your Home Lab05:49 Scott’s Fully 3D Printed Server Rack and Mac StudioSynology DS918+11:19 Keeping It Quiet: Server Fans and Noisy NAS Drives12:58 Networking: Building a Custom OPNsense Firewalloaknode Firewall Appliance15:08 Load Balancing Two ISPs With SFP+ FiberAUMOX 10 Port 2.5G Switch20:07 Wi-Fi Access Points and VLAN Network SegmentationOmada AX5400 WiFi Access Point21:40 Scott’s Switch and Eero Wi-Fi 7 Mesh SetupUGREEN USB to 2.5G Ethernet AdapterEero Max 725:55 Ditching the ISP Router: PPPoE and Bridge Mode27:51 Accessing Your Services Remotely With Tailscale31:08 Local Domains and TLS Certificates With Caddy and Cloudflare34:37 NAS and Storage: Synology vs. a DIY Setup38:59 Hot and Cold Storage: Hardware RAID, ZFS and CockpitCockpit45:20 Container Management With OrbStack, Proxmox and PortainerPortainer47:52 Termix: SSH Into Your Servers From the Browser48:50 Home Automation With Home Assistant and Apollo AutomationApollo AIR-151:02 Flashing Wyze Cams With Thingino for Frigate52:30 Cloud-Free Smart Devices: ESPHome, Tasmota and Bluetooth Proxies57:07 Self-Hosted Media: Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf and ImmichSeerr01:02:37 RSS, Read Later and YouTube Archiving With Tube ArchivistMinifluxWallabag01:04:01 Offline Internet: Wikipedia and Stack Overflow With KiwixZim Library Manager01:05:46 Paperless-ngx for Device Manuals and DocumentsPaperless NGX01:07:44 AI Coding Agents: Scott’s Pi Durable Personal Agent01:09:46 Coding Over the Network With T3 Code and Zed Remote01:15:39 CJ’s OpenCode, Open WebUI and code-server Setup01:20:02 What’s in Your Homelab? Roast Our SetupsHit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsWes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsScott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsRandy: X Instagram YouTube Threads.
Scott and CJ tour their homelabs, from a fully 3D printed server rack to a custom OPNsense firewall load balancing two ISPs. They dig into Proxmox, Tailscale, Caddy, Synology vs. DIY ZFS storage, Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Immich, Kiwix, and coding over the network with T3 Code and OpenCode.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:56 What’s in Our Homelabs? Servers, Pis and Workhorse Machines
- 03:54 Proxmox Explained: A Hypervisor OS for Your Home Lab
- 05:49 Scott’s Fully 3D Printed Server Rack and Mac Studio
- 11:19 Keeping It Quiet: Server Fans and Noisy NAS Drives
- 12:58 Networking: Building a Custom OPNsense Firewall
- 15:08 Load Balancing Two ISPs With SFP+ Fiber
- 20:07 Wi-Fi Access Points and VLAN Network Segmentation
- 21:40 Scott’s Switch and Eero Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Setup
- 25:55 Ditching the ISP Router: PPPoE and Bridge Mode
- 27:51 Accessing Your Services Remotely With Tailscale
- 31:08 Local Domains and TLS Certificates With Caddy and Cloudflare
- 34:37 NAS and Storage: Synology vs. a DIY Setup
- 38:59 Hot and Cold Storage: Hardware RAID, ZFS and Cockpit
- 45:20 Container Management With OrbStack, Proxmox and Portainer
- 47:52 Termix: SSH Into Your Servers From the Browser
- 48:50 Home Automation With Home Assistant and Apollo Automation
- 51:02 Flashing Wyze Cams With Thingino for Frigate
- 52:30 Cloud-Free Smart Devices: ESPHome, Tasmota and Bluetooth Proxies
- 57:07 Self-Hosted Media: Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf and Immich
- 01:02:37 RSS, Read Later and YouTube Archiving With Tube Archivist
- 01:04:01 Offline Internet: Wikipedia and Stack Overflow With Kiwix
- 01:05:46 Paperless-ngx for Device Manuals and Documents
- 01:07:44 AI Coding Agents: Scott’s Pi Durable Personal Agent
- 01:09:46 Coding Over the Network With T3 Code and Zed Remote
- 01:15:39 CJ’s OpenCode, Open WebUI and code-server Setup
- 01:20:02 What’s in Your Homelab? Roast Our Setups
Hit us up on Socials!
Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads