
Setups that actually run.
Homelab, self-hosting and streaming setups you can rebuild at home. I set up everything here myself, and I also write down what broke along the way.
Latest guides
- Uptime Kuma + ntfy: Homelab Push Alerts Without the CloudUptime Kuma watches your services and ntfy sends push notifications to your phone, all self-hosted with no cloud. Plus three pitfalls from my two-location setup that cost me the most time.
- Proxmox CPU Governor Powersave: Fix a Hot Idle Mini PCYour Proxmox mini PC gets hot at almost zero load? My i9-13900H hit 88 °C because the governor was set to performance. Here’s how to switch to powersave without a reboot and make it permanent.

Hi, I’m Lion.
I’ve been building computers since I was eight. Today I work as a photographer and videographer, set up streaming rigs for creators and run a homelab across two countries. On MappleBox I write down what I learn, and none of it is sponsored.