Back in the pre-dad days - when my biggest responsibility was remembering my Steam password - I had time to tinker with all kinds of tech. Phones got custom firmware, speakers played synchronized music in every room, and I even built a bluetooth garage door opener. These days? I’m lucky if I can open the fridge without an audience.

Still, the itch to tinker never left. Enter: the home lab - a middle-aged man’s playground, minus the Legos (mostly). I always want to keep developing skills and learning when I can. Setting up a simple home lab has helped do just that.