What I am studying
Linux, Unraid, Docker, WordPress, local AI, security basics, photography, and the practical details I am learning while I keep my own setup alive.
Live from the lab
The Doc Labs
This is my public command center: photos I want to keep, homelab fixes I had to learn the hard way, AI operator work, container notes, product experiments, and the lessons I am picking up while I build in public.
Red terminal
Breach red
Photo albums
AI workflows
Self-hosted systems
AI operators
Automation runs
3D printing
Production websites
Creator command center
My photos, my builds, my notes, and the story behind them.
I want people to understand the person behind the rack, not just the services running on it.
albums
Photo drops
Weekly albums, old shots, street photos, build pictures, and anything worth keeping in public.
aboutAbout me
Who I am, what I care about, what I am learning, and why I keep building this stuff in public.
learningWhat I am learning
Linux, containers, AI agents, websites, security basics, photography, and the systems behind the work.
ai tasksMy AI operator work
Voice notes, website builds, server checks, research, automations, browser testing, and ad prep.
Personal operating system
What I am learning, building, and using AI for.
This is my living now layer: what I am studying, what I am building, and what is changing in the lab.
What I am shipping
EmpireHub Pro, my homelab stack, OpenClaw workflows, media automation, photo albums, and small utilities that solve problems I actually run into.
What I use AI for
Server checks, code review, browser testing, content research, voice-note cleanup, automation planning, and turning rough ideas into working pages.
Lab status, public-safe
Container notes without exposing the rack.
I can talk about what is running, what got paused, and why a service changed while keeping private infrastructure details off the public internet.
Media stack notes
I write public-safe updates about Jellyfin, Emby, Sonarr, Radarr, and the library fixes without exposing private paths, keys, or live ports.
Disabled container notes
I keep track of why something was shut off, what broke, and what I need to check before turning it back on.
What is on my mind
Short posts for ideas, frustrations, rebuild plans, photography thoughts, and product lessons before they become polished articles.
Featured work
Start with the work that explains what I am about.
These are the builds that make the rest of my site make sense: my infrastructure, my AI tooling, and my product work from the same desk.
Homelab
Unraid media and automation stack
My production rack behind Jellyfin, Emby, Sonarr, Radarr, Immich, Vaultwarden, backups, and the checks that keep it sane.
AI operationsOpenClaw command center
My AI operator setup for servers, Telegram, web audits, browser checks, automations, and practical day-to-day support.
Product buildEmpireHub Pro shipping log
Real deployment notes from a construction software product: design passes, analytics fixes, production builds, and hard lessons.
Personal layer
This site should sound like me.
I want this lab to show the person behind the rack: old photos, rough notes, desk experiments, prints that worked, posts about containers, and thoughts that sound like they came from me, not a brand department.
Weekly albums
Pictures from the week
Upload photos as Gallery Items, group them with Gallery Categories, and turn each week into a small visual log.
StoryAbout me
A dedicated page for who I am, what I am into, what I am learning, and why the lab exists.
Mind logPosts about what I care about
Short updates can capture the week: what changed, what broke, what got fixed, what annoyed me, and what is next.
Social bioOne link for everything
Use this for TikTok, Instagram, and other profiles to point people toward EmpireHub Pro, projects, photos, and the community.
Current statusWhat I am working on now
A live snapshot of the current studies, active builds, AI workflows, and next notes to publish.
Explore
Pick the part of my lab to inspect.
Field notes
Container notes, mistakes, fixes, migrations, personal writing, and real work.
Projects
Current services, experiments, product builds, and what each one does.
About me
The personal page: interests, taste, current obsessions, and why I keep documenting the lab.
Resources hub
Curated tools, privacy links, media resources, AI references, and tech bookmarks.
Social hub
A single shareable page for EmpireHub Pro, photography, build logs, projects, and community links.
Skills and tools
The software, hardware, languages, services, and habits behind the builds.
Current operating picture
Not a portfolio graveyard. A running lab.
6
Project pages
21
Core host containers
17
Tower containers
32
Field notes
Server map
The public-safe version of what is actually running.
I keep private URLs, ports, keys, and paths off the site, but the shape of the lab should be clear: one host serves the public site and apps, Tower handles media and archive work.
Website, automations, private apps, and dashboards
The host behind The Doc Labs runs WordPress, Nginx, MariaDB, Nextcloud, n8n, NocoDB, Open WebUI, Portainer, Uptime Kuma, RSSHub, Homarr, Minecraft Bedrock, TheDocBot, Watchtower, and supporting databases/cache containers.
Media, archive, requests, and monitoring
Tower runs the media side: Jellyfin, Emby, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, qBittorrentVPN, SABnzbdVPN, Bazarr, Jellyseerr, Flaresolverr, Immich, Vaultwarden, Watchstate, Cloudflared, and PostgreSQL support services.
Hundreds of movies, thousands of episodes, thousands of photos
The current library snapshot is about 645 movie video files, 246 TV show folders, about 15,900 TV/video files, and about 18,262 photo files. That is why I document updates, scans, heat, storage, and playback issues.
Show the work without leaking the house
The site should explain what each service does, why I use it, what broke, and what I learned. It should not publish live admin links, ports, private paths, keys, tokens, or anything that makes the rack easier to attack.
Latest notes
Recent field notes
Container Notes
Why Plex Is Not My Main Media Server Right Now
Plex is the media server most people recognize first, but it is not the main one I am using in The Doc Labs right…
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How I Set Up Jellyfin on Unraid
A detailed first-person operating guide for Jellyfin: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
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How I Set Up Emby on Unraid
A detailed first-person operating guide for Emby: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
Read postDiscord community
Join the people building weird, useful systems.
I use the community for homelab help, project threads, AI workflow notes, and build talk with people who actually ship things.