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by ry8806 1238 days ago
It's great to see others doing this and writing about it. I too browse /r/homelab and look at some of the power-hungry monsters people are running. Given energy price rises in my country (UK), it makes them too expensive to run.

I've managed to get my setup [0], consuming ~8w (idle + running my blog). Going from an old laptop with a broken screen, putting it to use instead of making it e-waste, does feel good

[0] https://ryansouthgate.com/my-old-laptop-is-my-new-web-server...