About
A Practical IT Notebook for Homelab, Infrastructure, and Sysadmin Work
This site is where I document hands-on technical work: what I build, what breaks, how I troubleshoot it, and what I learn from the process.
Why This Site Exists
Real Notes From Real Technical Work
I use this site as a working notebook for homelab infrastructure, systems administration, networking, Microsoft 365, reporting, monitoring, security hardening, and troubleshooting.
The goal is simple: write down the useful parts before they disappear into browser tabs, command history, old screenshots, or half-remembered fixes. Some posts are walkthroughs. Some are troubleshooting notes. Others are project writeups or lessons learned from testing, breaking, and rebuilding systems.
Focus
Built for Practical IT People
The writing here is meant for sysadmins, homelab builders, IT generalists, analysts, and technical people who want clear notes they can actually use.
- Clear enough to follow later
- Technical enough to be useful
- Honest about what broke
- Focused on repeatable lessons
Coverage
What This Site Covers
Homelab Infrastructure
Server builds, virtualization, storage, backups, internal services, and lab design decisions.
Linux Servers
Linux administration, SSH, permissions, services, package updates, logs, and troubleshooting.
Windows & Microsoft 365
Windows systems, Microsoft 365 administration, identity, email, endpoints, and permissions.
Networking
Switching, routing, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, segmentation, firewall rules, and network design.
Power BI & Reporting
Dashboards, Power Query, DAX notes, data cleanup, reporting logic, and operational metrics.
Monitoring & Security
Alerts, logs, visibility, system health, hardening, access control, and safer defaults.
Writing Style
How I Try to Document Things
I try to write technical notes in a way that is useful after the immediate problem is solved.
Context First
What I was trying to build, fix, test, or understand.
Environment
The systems, tools, services, and constraints involved.
What Changed
The configuration, commands, settings, or design decisions that mattered.
Lessons Learned
What worked, what failed, and what I would do differently next time.
Start Reading
Browse the technical notes and project writeups.
The blog contains practical posts from the homelab, admin console, troubleshooting queue, and reporting workbench.