# Homelab principles
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# Overview
NAS, laptop for k3s, MiniPC on Intel for Home Automation. Vultr VM for external public access/public IP
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# Things will break
Replacable hardware - minipc for home automation (critical), laptop for less important ones, NAS w/replacable drives
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# Wife Acceptance Factor
You're not alone, UX matters
Computers are fire hazard. Buy a fire extinguisher - works as a fantastic placebo effect.
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# Privacy
If contains my private data - selfhost, if not - use free tier.
Photos vs. dependabot.
Grafana cloud's free tier vs. VictoriaLogs.
Backups - Scaleway S3, encypted
Allowlist for URLs you expose via CloudFlare/Tailscale
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# Automate, automate, automate
Ansible for NAS, containerize everything, spend time on the weekend to avoid fixing this on a workday
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# Industry best practices
containers, observability, GitOps
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# Know your limits.
No autoscaler, no stage server. Backups - probably never get to restoring them etc.
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