State of Homelab 2026
Summary
State of Homelab 2026 chronicles one technologist's journey toward self-hosting a home infrastructure with an emphasis on Infrastructure-as-Code, reproducibility, and ease-of-use. It details hardware choices, software stack (Traefik, Authentik, Ansible, SOPS, Cloudflare Tunnels), monitoring tools, and lessons learned, including missing backups and cloud-dependency considerations; it's a practical reference for SMB IT, automation, and security-conscious self-hosting. It also highlights the role of AI within a self-hosted stack via LibreChat and other services.