Brandon Lee
@vspinmaster

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

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Joined May 2015
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Before I Boot a Cloned VM, I Check These Three Things #proxox #homelab #homeserver bleevht.substack.com/p/befor…
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Your First Proxmox Server Can Do More Than You Think #Proxmox #HomeLab #SelfHosting #Virtualization virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

Your First Proxmox Server Can Do More Than You Think

Your first Proxmox home lab server can run Docker, Kubernetes, and virtual networks. Get more from one host before buying another.

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Should Docker be hosted bare metal or with a Hypervisor like Proxmox? #proxmox #docker #baremetal #homelab bleevht.substack.com/p/shoul…
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Do You Really Need Proxmox If You Only Run Docker? #Proxmox #Docker #HomeLab #SelfHosting #Virtualization #Linux #DockerCompose virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

Do You Really Need Proxmox If You Only Run Docker?

Do you really need Proxmox to run Docker? Explore when bare-metal Docker makes more sense and when Proxmox is worth the extra complexity.

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A good home lab learning environment doesn’t have to be complicated #proxmox #homelab #homeserver bleevht.substack.com/p/a-goo…
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Check out 7 Things You Don’t Need to Run a Great Proxmox Home Lab #Proxmox #HomeLab #SelfHosting #Virtualization virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

7 Things You Don’t Need to Run a Great Proxmox Home Lab

Building a Proxmox home lab? Here are 7 things you can skip, from enterprise servers to Ceph, and what I would prioritize instead.

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Before You Go Passwordless, Test How You’ll Get Back In #passwords #passkeys #authentication #homelab #homeserver bleevht.substack.com/p/befor…
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I Tried Pocket ID to Simplify Home Lab Logins. Here’s What I Found #HomeLab #SelfHosted #Passkeys #PocketID virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I Tried Pocket ID to Simplify Home Lab Logins. Here’s What I Found

Want fewer logins for your self-hosted apps? I explore Pocket ID for home lab single sign-on with passkeys, Docker setup, and account recovery.

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The access tests I’d run before letting an AI agent monitor Proxmox #aiagent #ai #aiagentsecurity #proxmox #homelab bleevht.substack.com/p/the-a…
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Don't Give Your AI Agents Direct Access to Your Home Lab. Do This Instead. #AIAgentSecurity #Octelium #ZeroTrust #HomeLab #Cybersecurity #Proxmox virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

Don't Give Your AI Agents Direct Access to Your Home Lab. Do This Instead.

Don't give AI agents unrestricted access to your home lab. See how I use Octelium and zero trust policies to secure infrastructure access.

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Home Lab Weekly 40: UniFi Network 11, TrueNAS 27, and Hermes AI Automation #homelab #homeserver bleevht.substack.com/p/home-…
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5 Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend: October 16, 2026 #homelab #homeserver #homelabprojects virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

5 Home Lab Projects to Try This Weekend: October 16, 2026

Explore 5 home lab projects for this weekend, including UniFi Network 11, Hermes AI skills, NetBox inventory, TrueNAS 27, and certificate renewal.

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Be sure to check your certificate automation. Here’s how #letsencrypt #ssl #homelab #homeserver bleevht.substack.com/p/be-su…
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Let’s Encrypt Is Shortening Certificate Lifetimes. Is Your Home Lab Ready? #LetsEncrypt #SSL #TLS #HomeLab virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

Let’s Encrypt Is Shortening Certificate Lifetimes. Is Your Home Lab Ready?

Let’s Encrypt certificate lifetimes are dropping to 64 days. Here are five checks I’d make to prepare my home lab and avoid expired certificates.

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3 Things I’d Plan Before Moving My UniFi Controller to UniFi OS Server #unifios #unifi #unifinetwork11 #homelab #homeserver bleevht.substack.com/p/3-thi…
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UniFi Network 11 Is Here: I Migrated My Home Lab to the New UniFi OS Server #UniFi #UniFiNetwork11 #UniFiOS #HomeLab #homeserver virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

UniFi Network 11 Is Here: I Migrated My Home Lab to the New UniFi OS Server

I migrated my UniFi controller to the new UniFi OS Server with Network 11. Here's how the migration works, what's new, and what home labs need to know.

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My Hermes agent creates automated journal entries for change log purposes for my Proxmox VE Server cluster #ai #hermesagent #homelab #homeserver #netbox bleevht.substack.com/p/ai-ag…
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Check out how I’m Using My Hermes AI Agent to Build My Home Lab Inventory in NetBox #HomeLab #NetBox #HermesAI #AIAgents #Automation #SelfHosted virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

I’m Using My Hermes AI Agent to Build My Home Lab Inventory in NetBox

I’m connecting Hermes AI agent to NetBox to document my home lab, organize VMs and IP addresses, and build an inventory I can trust.

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Three New TrueNAS 27 features I’d explore in a test VM first #truenas #homelab #homeserver bleevht.substack.com/p/three…
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TrueNAS 27 RC1 Is Here: 5 Changes That Matter for Home Labs #TrueNAS #Proxmox #HomeLab #SelfHosted #ZFS virtualizationhowto.com/2026…

TrueNAS 27 RC1 Is Here: 5 Changes That Matter for Home Labs

TrueNAS 27 RC1 brings native S3 storage, supported LXC containers, and more. Here are 5 changes that matter for home labs and Proxmox users.

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