Axel Verne

Technical books for people who build things. The MCP Series + The Junk Drawer Homelab. Free homelab builds by email:

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Three copies, two media, one offsite. 3-2-1 backups with restic — and a restore drill you actually run. Chapter 11: https://t.co/iicHvs0oie #homelab #backups #selfhostedFree tools: https://t.co/nloMmS0R1R @axelvernemcp for one build a day.

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Reach your lab from anywhere — SSH, your vault, your media — without opening a single port. Chapter 10: https://t.co/hC40K8lDWy #homelab #tailscale #selfhosted
Free tools: https://t.co/2cwFoMCFYd
Follow @axelvernemcp for one build a day.

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New long video: every subscription an old laptop, Pi or phone can replace, and the honest way to add it up. No invented savings.
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Free tools + every command: https://t.co/2cwFoMCFYd

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Turn the audiobooks you already own into a library that syncs across every device — no subscription, no catalog. Chapter 9: https://t.co/KSIEOAaDDt #homelab #selfhosted #audiobooks #raspberrypi #diy · Free tools: https://t.co/2cwFoMCFYd

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Your passwords, in a vault in your lab instead of a cloud: 512 MB of RAM, HTTPS via Caddy, every device synced, and you own the encrypted blob. https://t.co/42CGUbI3TB builds by email → https://t.co/SispgrPJCp

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Your old laptop already runs real local AI. Honest version, measured live on a 2020 Mac mini M1 8 GB: about 27-28 tokens/s, and what it won't replace. https://t.co/0NiFawB3hn builds: https://t.co/SispgrPJCp

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Stop renting space for your own photos. Immich runs your whole Google Photos library on an old laptop or Pi, and immich-go imports your Takeout zips. https://t.co/7P11GQOiPz builds by email → https://t.co/SispgrPJCp

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Your junk drawer is a homelab: a laptop, a Pi, an old phone. Six things you can run this weekend — no $6,950 box. https://t.co/d1Nuu3Rg9X builds by email → https://t.co/SispgrPJCp

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Before any homelab app works, your old laptop needs three boring things: Linux, Docker, and one folder layout. Then every chapter is copy and paste. https://t.co/XmKD6E96sY builds by email → https://t.co/SispgrPJCp

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Don't buy the $6,950 AI box yet. Your old laptop or desktop can run its own AI model — no API calls, no tokens, no OpenAI bill. Chapter 13 of The Junk Drawer Homelab, honest limits https://t.co/ZQYQVPaxFE builds by email → https://t.co/SispgrPJCp

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Your old phone is a security camera, a wall dashboard, and a set of smart sensors — on your own network.Install IP Webcam, tap Start server, open the URL. No subscription.Chapter 6: https://t.co/W08kmTuXSL

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If this reply shows up exactly once, double-post protection held. (2/2)

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ThreadFlow scheduler test: queued in the composer for 18:58Z and posted by the scheduler, not by a click. (1/2)

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Second post, chained as a reply. Scheduled posting and double-post protection get checked next. (2/2)

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ThreadFlow end-to-end test (18:54Z): this thread was written in the new composer and sent with Post now. (1/2)

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Jellyfin on the laptop in your drawer: your movies and shows, streamed on your own network. No buffering spinner, no new streaming bill.Chapter 5: https://t.co/O3C6JnrhWf $9.99: https://t.co/jtHoExa4e6

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Every self-hosting book promises you'll save $1,000 a year. Those numbers are made up.

Chapter 2: your numbers, not mine. And it only counts if you cancel.

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Any Raspberry Pi in your drawer can block ads for every device in the house. Even the original Pi 2.

Chapter 4 of The Junk Drawer Homelab. Every code block: https://t.co/guC4FvH8P2

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Your AI is smart. It's also locked in a box. 📦 MCP is USB-C for AI.

FREE sample chapters + setup checklist → https://t.co/LOhlRIg4SD

#MCP #ModelContextProtocol #AIagents #Claude #AItools #automation

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3 MCP mistakes that will bite you 🔥 (#3 is the scary one)

FREE 15-min agent setup checklist → https://t.co/LOhlRIg4SD

#MCP #AIsecurity #AIagents #Claude #cybersecurity #devtools