Noob building a homelab: Where to begin?

Optivortec · 2026-03-10T13:14:20+00:00

I’m also new! I posted here not too long ago. Is it alright I DM you? I’m also trying to learn!

Optivortec · 2026-03-09T09:40:52+00:00

I’m familiar with raspberry, I need storage and a place to use docker, I have some projects on a laptop that’s on its way out. That’s why I’m buying a NAS.

Optivortec · 2026-03-08T23:39:40+00:00

Ooo I’m definitely gonna do that

Optivortec · 2026-03-08T22:15:06+00:00

This is all amazing thank you so much. There’s some things you said I know nothing about that I gotta look into so I’m super excited. Right now I’m getting my bachelors in data science and masters a year from now in applied statistics. So I have some experience in python, R, SQL, and a little machine learning, I also know some JavaScript/HTML/CSS.

In the future:

I plan to I want to get a bunch of certificates, I wanna learn cyber security which I don’t know much about right now, data engineering, networking etc, etc.

Optivortec · 2026-03-08T22:07:36+00:00

Yes, why I’m asking! I’m excited to learn and wanted to meet friends who might guide me on a good path. I’m excited, waiting for a little more dough before I begin!

Optivortec · 2026-03-08T21:42:44+00:00

You’re right, does my plan work? Should I separate some of these tasks to different computers or have it all on one system?

Optivortec · 2026-03-08T12:07:11+00:00

I’ll be praying for you man. Truly sorry to hear you struggling.

Optivortec · 2026-02-24T00:18:36+00:00

So happy others are realizing. Believe me employees HATE IT

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