Infrastructure Showcase

Homelab Infrastructure

Public-facing view of the compute fabric behind my AI systems, automation workflows, dashboards, and experiments.

RoleSystems Architect
CategoryInfrastructure / Compute Fabric
StatusLive Environment

Sanitized for public viewing: no internal IPs, private hostnames, command sheets, or secret links.

Topology

Diagram View
Internet
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Router
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TP-Link Switch
   ├───────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐
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Mac Mini M4 M4                                   Dell Pro Max GB10              Raspberry Pi 5                    Windows Gaming PC
Controller Node / Host                        Inference Host                 App / Test Server                 Fallback Inference Host

   ├───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┐
   │                               │                               │
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Pi Zero 2 W                    Pi Zero 2 W                     Raspberry Pi 4B
InkyPi Display                 Pi-hole                         DogCam
Layered View

Control Plane

Mac Mini M4 M4 orchestration services automation runtime

Inference Layer

Dell Pro Max GB10 Windows Gaming PC (fallback) local model serving

Application Layer

Raspberry Pi 5 dashboards apps + media workflows

Edge Layer

Pi Zero 2 W (InkyPi) Pi Zero 2 W (Pi-hole) Raspberry Pi 4B (DogCam)
Private network + secure remote access connect all node roles

Public-safe topology view with generalized service roles and sanitized network presentation.

Node Roles

Mac Mini M4 M4

Primary control plane for orchestration, automation runtime coordination, and core service management.

Dell Pro Max GB10

Dedicated inference host for local LLM serving, model workloads, and heavier AI execution paths.

Raspberry Pi 5

Application and testing node for dashboards, internal tools, and photo/media workflows including Immich.

Windows Gaming PC

Fallback inference and burst-compute system with desktop-class hardware for GPU-assisted local workloads.

Pi Zero 2 W — InkyPi

Low-power ambient display node for framed calendar and lightweight information surfaces.

Pi Zero 2 W — Pi-hole

Network utility device providing DNS-level filtering and lightweight infrastructure support.

Raspberry Pi 4B — DogCam

Edge computer vision node used for camera-based experiments and lightweight CV workflows.

Service Categories

  • Local model serving
  • Observability and dashboards
  • Automation workflows
  • Media and photo services
  • Personal productivity applications
  • Network utility services
  • Edge computer vision experiments

Current Capabilities

  • Distributed compute environment for AI experimentation
  • Local LLM inference infrastructure
  • Containerized service hosting
  • Foundation for automation and agent workflows
  • Platform for rapid systems experimentation

Future Expansion

  • Stronger observability and metrics collection
  • Distributed model serving
  • Expanded service orchestration capabilities
  • Public-safe topology and service visualizations

Media / Setup

Mini-rack photo
coming soon
Gaming PC setup
coming soon
Dashboard views
coming soon