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Brandon Lee @vspinmaster

@vExpert 2018-2025, IT Pro for 25 Years, #Virtualization & cloud enthusiast, homelab fanatic, father. Content creator #virtualizationhowto #betweentheclouds

Joined May 2015
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These Are the Home Lab Projects That Earned a Permanent Place in My Lab #homelabprojects #homelab #learneveryday virtualizationhowto.com/2026…
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Home Lab Weekly 29: Storage, Networking, Kubernetes, and Rethinking Home Lab Best Practices #homelab #storage #kubernetes #networking open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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Why I Never Bought Into the Home Lab Dashboard Trend #homelab #homelabdashboard #selfhosting virtualizationhowto.com/2026…
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There Is More to Home Lab Storage Than TrueNAS and Unraid #truenas #storage #homelab open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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I Tried This Storage OS Most Home Labbers Have Never Heard Of #homelab #storage #TrueNAS #selfhosting virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I Tried This Storage OS Most Home Labbers Have Never Heard Of

I tested OviOS in my home lab to see how it compares to TrueNAS. Here are my findings, installation experience, and key takeaways.

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Why Most Home Lab Networking Problems Are Visibility Problems #wireshark #sniffnet #homelab open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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I Still Use Wireshark, but This Is the Network Tool I Open First #wireshark #networking #homelab #sniffnet virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I Still Use Wireshark, but This Is the Network Tool I Open First

Sniffnet quickly became one of my favorite home lab tools, helping me troubleshoot network issues faster before reaching for Wireshark.

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The Hidden Cost of Overengineering a Home Lab #homelab #homeserver open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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I No Longer Follow This Popular Home Lab Advice #homelab #homeserver #homelabadvice #learneveryday virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I No Longer Follow This Popular Home Lab Advice

After years of running a home lab, I stopped following some popular advice. Here are the lessons that simplified and improved my environment.

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Why More Home Labbers Are Looking Beyond Traditional Clusters #proxmox #microcloud open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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I Tried MicroCloud and It Might Be Canonical's Most Interesting Home Lab Project Yet #homelab #microcloud #virtualization virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I Tried MicroCloud and It Might Be Canonical's Most Interesting Home Lab Project Yet

More home labbers are talking about MicroCloud. Here's why Canonical's lightweight private cloud platform is getting so much attention.

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I Found a #Proxmox Mod That Adds Features I Wish Were Built In by @vspinmaster virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I Found a Proxmox Mod That Adds Features I Wish Were Built In

I tested PVE-Electrified and found features that make Proxmox faster, easier to use, and even more powerful for home lab environments.

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Why Most Home Lab Kubernetes setups Fail #Kubernetes #homelab open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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This Home Lab Learning Tool Made Kubernetes Finally Click for Me #homelab #kubernetes #learning #devops #kubekosh virtualizationhowto.com/2026…
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Home Lab Weekly 28: WolfStack, Proxmox Automation, Better Backups, and Tools Worth Replacing #homelab open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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I Finally Found a Docker Backup Tool That Fits a Home Lab #homelab #docker #dockerbackup #offenbackup #disasterrecovery virtualizationhowto.com/2026…
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Why Home Labbers Keep Building on Top of Proxmox #homelab #proxmox #opensource open.substack.com/pub/bleevh…
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I Found a Proxmox Mod That Adds Features I Wish Were Built In #proxmox #homelab #homeserver #selfhosting virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I Found a Proxmox Mod That Adds Features I Wish Were Built In

I tested PVE-Electrified and found features that make Proxmox faster, easier to use, and even more powerful for home lab environments.

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I Tried Proxmox Automated Installs and Am Never Going Back #proxmox #homelab #automatedsetup #proxmoxdatacentermanager virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I Tried Proxmox Automated Installs and Am Never Going Back

Learn how I used the new automated install answer file workflow in Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1 to deploy Proxmox hosts faster, more consistently, and with less manual setup.

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