henry@homelab: ~

$ hostname

homelab.codes

$ cat README.md

A personal journey into homelabs, self-hosting, and tech exploration. This is my space to share experiences, thoughts, and discoveries along the way.

$ ls ~/

guide/tools/blog/

$ homelab guide --start

The Homelab Blueprint

Build the system you can prove, recover, and improve.

An evidence-first field guide from planning and hardware through networking, recovery, automation, and an agentic operations harness.

./open-guide →

$ tree ~/tools --featured

cd ~/tools →

tools/

docker-compose-converterConvert docker run commands to Compose formatssl-checkerCheck HTTPS reachability from your browserdns-lookupQuery DNS records and RDAP domain registration information

$ ls -lt ~/blog | head -2

cd ~/blog →

Give your agent something useful to do

Trying WebMCP on homelab.codes and henrysowell.com: useful cases for homelab tools and exploring my photography, plus what the work taught me.

Apache NiFi 2.0.0 with Vault TLS Certificate Management

An end-to-end guide for installing Apache NiFi 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 with automated TLS via HashiCorp Vault.