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Homelab, self-hosting, and edge narratives

Authority: This hub is narrative and community-heavy. For backup, Kubernetes, and DR claims, use Backup / DR — official documentation cluster and the platform doctrine links below—not Reddit motivation threads. Corpus classification: Source authority hardening audit.

Narrative: Homelab sources here span motivation (career, curiosity, student setups), getting-started hardware/OS framing (2026-era server builds), community wikis (r/homelab), personal architecture diaries (AI-heavy stacks, “my home lab” inventories), Reddit story threads (what pulled people in), and extreme edge cases (off-grid Alaska culvert install). One long-form piece covers partial solar for a high-draw rack using EcoFlow portable power stations, pallet mounts, UPS sandwiching for switchover blips, and Home Assistant energy dashboards—bridging homelab to electrical load and solar offset practice.

This topic is intentionally ops- and story-forward; for Docker / Kubernetes mechanics see Docker, Kubernetes, Compose, and Bake (edge and homelab). For farm record software and an agriculture lab build thread, see Farm data, farmOS, and agriculture lab builds.

Canonical Pi / k3s / Longhorn platform (wiki-native) — first-class doctrine: Platform doctrine package — homelab / farm edge; Platform strategy for farm and homestead services; How to provision k3s, Longhorn, and Rancher on a Raspberry Pi fleet (stepwise runbook); Platform decision memo; source captures.

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