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Logan Marchione
Personal blog · loganmarchione.comsystemsproductivity
Logan Marchione's personal blog at loganmarchione.com covers systems and productivity. Since 2020, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Homelab 10" Mini-Rack”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Logan Marchione's homelab and self-hosting posts, including a mini rack build and a step-by-step guide to encrypting external hard drives.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Logan Marchione
Most-linked posts?
- Homelab 10" Mini-Rack2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-18
What Hacker News says?
Definitely! I think it comes down to a few things: 1. You need the same username/handle on all platforms (e.g., your domain name, your twitter name, your github name, etc...). This is easier if you have a weird name. 2. You need to consistently update your content on these platforms (e.g., no one will care if you have a blog with a single post from 10 years ago) 3. You need to identify a reason for the blog (e.g., i…
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Is having a personal blog/brand worth it for you?”Submitted Impressions from a first-time Mac user as a story · 360 points
HN discussionIt’s the storage factor that is appealing to me. Gone are the days of 4 devices sprawled in the closet… Holy moly these are getting expensive 1k for something that goes in the closet is wild. This was posted a while back, it has some good resources. https://loganmarchione.com/2021/01/homelab-10-mini-rack/
Comment linking /2021/01/homelab-10-mini-rack/
on “Project Mini Rack – compact and portable homelabs”Submitted Homelab 10“ mini-rack shelves as a story · 67 points
HN discussionThis is a good step by step guide: https://loganmarchione.com/2015/05/encrypted-external-drive-... As for decrypting (unlocking) and mounting the drive, most desktop environments have the capability. For my purposes, I use a script to unlock, backup, and lock when I attach an external HD to my server and SSH in: #! /bin/bash backupfrom="/srv/fileshares/" echo "disk password first, then login password twice" # a remi…
Comment linking /2015/05/encrypted-external-drive-with-luks/
on “Ask HN: How to you encrypt your external hard drives?”Submitted Raspi-config's mostly undocumented non-interactive mode as a story · 4 points
HN discussionAny of it. TFA references https://loganmarchione.com/2025/09/homelab-10-mini-rack-v2/ which uses standard 10" shelves.
Comment linking /2025/09/homelab-10-mini-rack-v2/
on “I Build a 10 Inch Mini Rack from Aluminium Extrusions”Submitted Homelab 10" Mini-Rack as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Migrating away from the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite (2019) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Darlings of the self-hosted, open-source world as a story · 1 points
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