$ cat uses.md
what runs here
The homelab behind the newsletter. Nothing exotic: a couple of machines, too many containers, and models that run without phoning anyone.
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Compute
- Proxmox VE
- Two-node cluster. Everything else on this page runs on top of it.
- LXC containers
- A lot of them. One small job each, cheap to make and cheap to throw away.
- Virtual machines
- For the things that want a whole kernel to themselves.
Storage
- TrueNAS
- The storage box. Where the data actually lives, and where it is backed up from.
Local AI
- Open WebUI
- The front end for chatting with local models, on my own hardware.
- Qwen, Llama, Gemma
- The open-weight models in rotation. Which one depends on the job and the day.
- Discord + Telegram bots
- Small bots wired to the local models, so the homelab can talk back.
Shell
- zsh + powerlevel10k
- The prompt this whole site is dressed up as.
- btop
- Because watching graphs counts as monitoring.