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HomeLab

Servers, networking, storage, self-hosting, retro hardware, and the occasional completely unnecessary upgrade.

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What If Windows Media Player Could Understand YouTube?

What if an old Windows PC could stream modern YouTube without ever opening a modern browser? RetroStream is my self-hosted bridge between today’s media services and the old computers I still love using.

Sep 27, 2026 12 min read

HomeLab

Building Za NAS V2: A Completely Reasonable Story About Buying a 22-Core Xeon

I only wanted more RAM for my old ThinkCentre. Somehow that turned into two Xeon machines, 128 GB of ECC memory, a 22-core NAS, a pile of AliExpress deals, and one gloriously overkill homelab upgrade.

Sep 26, 2026 15 min read