About this home lab
Hello my name is Tony, Welcome to OverlyComplicated, a personal home lab blog where technology, experimentation, and a bit of biker attitude come together. This site documents my ongoing journey building and maintaining a self-hosted home lab environment. It’s a place where I share projects, ideas, mistakes, and solutions related to running modern infrastructure from a home server rack.
Like many home lab enthusiasts, I enjoy understanding things that could be simple… and discovering that sometimes they are complex or overlycomplicated.
What You’ll Find Here
Most of the content on this site focuses on practical, real-world projects involving:
- Self-hosted Linux servers
- Docker containers and automation
- Mail servers and web hosting
- Cloudflare tunnels and reverse proxies
- Networking and firewall design
- Tailscale VPN deployments
- Ubiquiti networking equipment
- Home lab infrastructure and monitoring
Many of the setups documented here are running live in my own environment and evolve constantly as I experiment with new ideas.
The goal is simple: to explore what is possible when you run your own infrastructure and truly control your own technology.
The Home Lab
The lab itself is a mix of servers, networking gear, containers, and custom configurations running everything from web services to internal tools.
It includes systems running:
- Linux servers
- containerized applications with Docker
- self-hosted services
- secure remote access through VPNs
- network segmentation and routing experiments
Some projects are practical.
Some are educational.
Some are built simply because they’re fun to design.
Technology and Two Wheels
Outside of servers and networking, I’m also a Harley-Davidson rider who enjoys the biker lifestyle. Riding, road trips, and the occasional bar stop are part of the balance that keeps life interesting outside the server rack. In many ways, motorcycles and technology share something in common: both attract people who enjoy understanding how things work under the hood.
Why this site Exists
OverlyComplicated exists for a few reasons:
- to document projects in my home lab
- to share solutions with others building similar environments
- to keep track of experiments and lessons learned
- to connect with others who enjoy self-hosting and infrastructure
Whether you’re running a full rack of servers or just starting a small lab at home, I hope something here helps you build, learn, and experiment.
Riders, Routers, Home Labs
At the end of the day, this site is about combining two things I enjoy: technology and the freedom to build things my own way.
So if you like self-hosted infrastructure, networking projects, Linux servers, and the occasional motorcycle ride, you’re in the right place.