Network engineer & system architect. I build infrastructure, automate things, and document what I learn.
- Maintaining my homelab infrastructure and keeping the docs current
- Writing about networking, security, and infrastructure at dustinlacost.com
- Exploring network security and automation in practical environments
networking & security
virtualization & containers
infrastructure as code
homelab operations
Most of my work here revolves around homelab infrastructure: designing, implementing, and documenting systems that are production-quality at home scale.
Gamified Homelab Documentation System — Comprehensive docs for my documentation strategy
dustinlacost.com — Technical writeups, guides, and lessons learned
- If you don't have time to do it right the first time, what makes you think you'll have time to do it again?
- There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
- Good documentation is the difference between remembering how something works and reverse-engineering your own work