Homelab experiments, Docker setups, and practical notes — mostly things that work.
Docker stacks, reverse proxies, backups, and keeping internal things internal.
Running Mealie privately without exposing endpoints to the internet.
What I track, what I ignore, and what turned out to be noise.
Splitting traffic between a public-facing Caddy and an internal one helped keep my homelab private.
USB mounts, missing dblock files, and the importance of verifying backups before trusting them.
Key lesson: backups != restores
I’m Jeff. I like building things, poking at systems, and writing down what I learn so I don’t forget it later. This site is a collection of experiments, notes, and projects — some polished, some still evolving.