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 now. I keep this note here because the decision matters:…
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A terminal for the whole Doc Lab story.
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Unraid, Docker, media servers, backups, and the real fixes behind the setup.
Container notesPublic-safe notes about what is running, what is paused, why it changed, and what needs follow-up.
AI operatorsOpenClaw, automations, agents, prompts, and what actually helps day to day.
EmpireHub ProProduct notes, design decisions, releases, marketing tests, and lessons learned.
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Weekly notesShort updates that tie together projects, photos, server work, and what changed.
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Container Notes
How I Set Up Uptime Kuma for Service Monitoring
A detailed first-person operating guide for Uptime Kuma: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
May
25
Container Notes
How I Set Up Portainer to Manage Docker Visually
A detailed first-person operating guide for Portainer: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
May
25
Container Notes
How I Set Up Open WebUI for Local AI Chat
A detailed first-person operating guide for Open WebUI: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
May
25
Container Notes
How I Set Up NocoDB as a No-Code Database Interface
A detailed first-person operating guide for NocoDB: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
May
25
Container Notes
How I Set Up n8n for Automation Workflows
A detailed first-person operating guide for n8n: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
May
25
Container Notes
How I Set Up the Nextcloud Container as My Private Cloud
A detailed first-person operating guide for Nextcloud: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
May
25
Container Notes
How I Set Up the WordPress PHP-FPM Container for The Doc Labs
A detailed first-person operating guide for WordPress PHP-FPM: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
May
25
Container Notes
How I Set Up the Nginx Container for The Doc Labs
A detailed first-person operating guide for Nginx: why I use it, how I set it up, day-to-day use, notifications, monitoring, security, and recovery.
Feb
16
Weekly Notes
Roadmap: 3D Prints, Photography, and Weekly Build Logs
What we are adding next: visual storytelling, media workflows, and weekly posts.
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The guardrails we use to keep the site fast, stable, and hard to break.