Homelab

Unifying My Smart Home and Homelab: Bridging Home Assistant MQTT to a Kubernetes Data Platform

A deep dive into integrating Home Assistant's MQTT data with a high-performance data stack (EMQX, InfluxDB, Grafana) running on a k3d Kubernetes cluster for long-term storage and advanced analytics.

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Podman vs Docker Desktop: Choose Your Runtime

Based on community feedback, the homelab project now supports both Podman and Docker Desktop. Here's how to choose and switch between them.

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Building a Production-Grade Kubernetes Homelab on macOS: The Complete Guide

How to build a portable, cloud-native Kubernetes environment on macOS using Podman and k3d. Includes NFS storage, Tailscale networking, and architecture decisions explained.

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