Building the Foundation: Where a Real Home Lab Actually Begins

Alright. Let’s reset the narrative.

If your “home lab” started with Docker Compose and a YouTube tutorial titled “10 Services You NEED to Self-Host” — you skipped the hard part.

And the hard part is the part that actually matters.

A real home lab doesn’t begin with containers. It begins at the edge. It begins with control. It begins with infrastructure.