Hi, I'm Josh
RSS FeedI'm an A Level student studying Maths, Computer Science, and Economics, applying for degree apprenticeships in cyber security starting September 2027.
Most of my spare time goes into my homelab - a two-node Proxmox cluster running a handful of self-hosted services I use every day. Tinkering with Linux, Docker, and networking is how I taught myself most of what I know, and it's what pushed me toward cyber security as a career.
Outside of tech I'm into cars, car audio, photography, and travelling. You can read my project write-ups here .
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Building a two-node Proxmox homelab
How and why I built a two-node Proxmox cluster at home, what it runs, what I learned, and what's next.
Recent Posts
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Self-hosting Uptime Kuma: monitoring my homelab from inside and out
How I monitor a dozen self-hosted services with two Uptime Kuma instances - one inside the homelab, one on the VPS - and get Telegram notifications the moment anything breaks.
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Self-hosting Plex: media at home, exposed via a VPS
How I run Plex on my Proxmox homelab - installed via community scripts, exposed remotely through a VPS reverse proxy over WireGuard, and shared with family.
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Self-hosting Vaultwarden: my passwords on my hardware
Why I moved my password manager off the cloud and onto my own hardware, how Vaultwarden is set up, and the security trade-offs of self-hosting the most sensitive thing you own.
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Self-hosting AdGuard Home: network-wide ad blocking with no single point of failure
How I run AdGuard Home as a primary/secondary DNS setup across both Proxmox nodes, what it actually blocks, and why DNS is the single highest-leverage thing you can self-host.