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Starting On My IaC Journey

Foreword Before anyone gets on me, I know this has been a thing for a while. I鈥檝e heard about Ansible playbooks ever since I got interested in Docker, Docker Compose, & Kubernetes. The difference is I never really thought it was useful to me. It always seemed a bit overly complicated compared to what I was using my homelab for which was mostly a cost saving venture, i.e. no-subscription/self-hosted alternatives to things which we do genuinely use a lot like Actual Budget instead of YNAB, Mealie instead of AnyList, & TrueNAS instead of Google Drive (hoping no drives die while the costs are so high for everything 馃). ...

August 21, 2026 路 4 min 路 Dillon Chappell
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Why FDM Printing Wasn't Made for Minis (And Why I Did It Anyway)

Foreword The main reason I originally bought a 3d printer was to print parts for the house. We had just moved in less than a year prior and I realized there were so many small things which to me cost way too much money for what they were, so I went looking for a solution. That solution, obviously, turned out to be a 3d printer. The Bambu Lab A1, specifically. Then I got into it and this is where the insanity ensues. ...

July 6, 2026 路 6 min 路 Dillon Chappell
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How's My Homelab?

Foreword This is my first real post on my website. Since it feels special, I figured I鈥檇 post about how my home network/lab is set up. I will say most of my knowledge comes from learning out of Youtube, so here are a few channels I usually look at when I鈥檓 trying to figure something out. Jim鈥檚 Garage Christian Lempa Raid Owl Hardware Haven Overview Here鈥檚 a general list of what I鈥檓 running in my home lab ...

June 7, 2026 路 1 min 路 Dillon Chappell
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Hello-world

This is my first post on my website. Hoping for many more

April 3, 2025 路 1 min 路 Dillon Chappell