Homelab

KWOK: Simulate a 1000-Node Kubernetes Cluster on Your Laptop

KWOK: Simulate a 1000-Node Kubernetes Cluster on Your Laptop

A deep dive into KWOK (Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet) – the CNCF tool that lets you simulate thousands of nodes and pods in seconds. Learn how it works, when to use it, and how to integrate it into your testing and CI/CD workflows.

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The Ultimate Homelab: A Deep-Dive into an Automated K3s Cluster on Hetzner

The Ultimate Homelab: A Deep-Dive into an Automated K3s Cluster on Hetzner

A comprehensive technical guide and philosophy behind building a secure, automated, and production-ready Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner Cloud using Terraform, Ansible, and Tailscale.

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

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

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

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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