Chris Lorenzo

homelab and infrastructure notes · stayz3ro

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appendix a, the tools

what the work runs on. a living list, updated when the stack changes.

01 / workstation

omarchy
arch + hyprland on the linux station, keyboard first
wsl
the primary environment on windows, where the daily work happens
bash
the shell standard, everywhere
neovim
the editor
wezterm
the terminal
tmux
sessions that survive the day
oh-my-posh
the prompt
mac mini
in the mix for the apple side of things

02 / homelab

proxmox
3-node cluster, 80gb ram: two optiplex micros and an elitedesk
unifi
managed network, production cutover in flight
tailscale
remote access, no open ports
proxmox backup server
backups proven by restore tests, not by hope

03 / edge and web

netcup vps
hardened, runs caddy in front of the public sites
caddy
reverse proxy, automatic https
cloudflare
in front of the blog and the portfolio
uptime kuma
the public status page

04 / automation

n8n
workflow automation, self-hosted
git
everything lands in version control
local ci
lint and secret scanning before anything ships
docker
local tooling, reproducible environments
python · powershell · bash · javascript
the working languages