Home Lab

August 11, 2026

A Home Lab Pieced Together: Routers on Merlin, Two NAS Boxes, and Laptops Doing Double Duty

My actual home setup — ASUS routers on Merlin firmware, two Synology NAS boxes for separated duties, a company-issued Lenovo on Mint that's been running for 8 years, an MSI laptop upgraded to 64GB RAM, and a four-monitor desk that was never planned.

Home Lab

July 18, 2026

Jellyfin on Synology NAS: The Complete Setup Guide for Streaming Your Media Anywhere

A full walkthrough of setting up Jellyfin on a Synology NAS — from Docker install and hardware transcoding to the best client apps. Plus the long road that led me here.