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How a water tower, two windows and a contrast problem became the Dack Builds mark.
Oct 7, 2026Build logs from a rented apartment.
Home Assistant, a homelab, and every cheap gadget I could talk into working without risking my security deposit.
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3 total- Oct 7, 2026 I fixed a dying HomePod with four capacitors and a lot of nerves A first-generation HomePod with a crackling "death fart" fault, a first-ever micro soldering job, and a fire extinguisher on standby. It plays chill jazz again.Repair
- Oct 7, 2026 A secondhand OptiPlex now runs my whole apartment A used Dell mini PC, Proxmox, and five weeks of learning the hard way. What runs on it, what it cost, what idles at 3 watts, and the three things that broke before it worked.Homelab