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by breakfastduck 2128 days ago
For a lot of people, a home lab isn't just to provide themselves a service, they actively enjoy the setup and management.

So I think your final line is more personal preference than a lesson most people with home labs need to realise.
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vmurthy 2128 days ago
>For a lot of people, a home lab isn't just to provide themselves a service, they actively enjoy the setup and management.

Bang on here. I am a PM at a startup who doesn't really "setup" servers at work but I did enjoy researching how to turn my Lenovo SFF PC (used , bought off Ebay) into a nice little home server (ESXi running multiple VMs) for things like storing media , Adguard VPN etc. Still work-in-progress but loving the experience so far :)

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WrtCdEvrydy 2128 days ago
Yeah, home labbing is about the journey but eventually the journey ends once you've learned how to use some of the technology you wanted.
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comprev 2128 days ago
My home lab helped boost my career enormously. 5 old HP servers running Windows 2000 network introduced me to AD, Exchange, MS-SQL, etc. hooked up via Cisco hardware. (100% pirated I will admit)

The cost of purchasing (eBay) and running the servers paid for itself in 6 months on my first "IT" salary.

I sold on the whole lot to another guy trying to boost his skills too.

It was fun and served its purpose.

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breakfastduck 2127 days ago
Never heard a single story about setting up a home lab that isn’t wholesome!

Got to be one of the least offensive hobbies going.

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