Lab would be where you can run software and hardware to actually experiment with things.
I used to push back against this, and I ended up getting really frustrated.
But then I realized that nobody else really cares, language changes, and I should just pay attention to other sources if I didn't like it.
At this point, to me, "homelab" means Plex, maybe some good organization of your stuff, and just enjoying setting something up that probably isn't really experimental. AKA production, but for the home.
I might be imagining it, but it seems like most people who are experimenting don't call it a homelab first, if they do at all. It's "the HA cluster I'm playing with" or "my AD setup for pentesting" or whatever.
Very off-topic but I’m glad you shared this. I get fixated a lot on language use and find it hard to accept that it evolves. Your approach to dealing with it sounds mature and it’s inspiring.
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I used to push back against this, and I ended up getting really frustrated.
But then I realized that nobody else really cares, language changes, and I should just pay attention to other sources if I didn't like it.
At this point, to me, "homelab" means Plex, maybe some good organization of your stuff, and just enjoying setting something up that probably isn't really experimental. AKA production, but for the home.
I might be imagining it, but it seems like most people who are experimenting don't call it a homelab first, if they do at all. It's "the HA cluster I'm playing with" or "my AD setup for pentesting" or whatever.
Very off-topic but I’m glad you shared this. I get fixated a lot on language use and find it hard to accept that it evolves. Your approach to dealing with it sounds mature and it’s inspiring.