Proxmox

• Infrastructure to Build Infrastructure

  Part 4 of the downsizing series: the first commit, the first apply, and pushing the code to the server the code itself built.

• Why I Left XCP-ng for Proxmox

  Before any of the migration, there was a decision I didn't plan to make: the new cluster runs Proxmox, not XCP-ng. A Secure Boot wall, a YouTube channel I've trusted for years, and LXC containers are why.

• Did the Rebuild Actually Save Power?

  Cutting the power bill was one of the main reasons I retired the old servers — so did it work? I couldn't cleanly measure it at the panel, so this is the honest, bounded math: what the old hardware cost, what the mini PCs cost, and how that compares to the energy the AI itself used — then checked, at the last minute, against smart-plug readings on all four boxes that landed within a percent of the estimate.

• Why I’m Replacing a Homelab That Still Works

  The 2026 rebuild starts with a confession: the old setup works fine. I'm replacing it anyway — for power, noise, Windows licenses, and aging hardware.