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title: 'IT Lad'
url: 'http://itlad.uk/'
markdown: 'http://itlad.uk/index.md'
date: '2026-09-26'
description: 'IT tips, homelab builds, networking, cybersecurity, AI tools and gear reviews from a working IT professional.'
---

# IT Lad

## Real IT. Real Gear. No Fluff.

Written by an IT pro who runs the gear he writes about. Pick a topic:

- **Homelab** — Proxmox, Docker, TrueNAS, self-hosting
- **Networking** — switches, routers, VLANs, firewalls
- **Cybersecurity** — VPNs, Pi-hole, hardening, pen-test tools
- **Dev tools** — terminal tricks, VSCode, scripting
- **AI** — local models, automation, what actually works
- **Gear** — honest reviews with Amazon links to stuff I own

New post every day. If you know what a VLAN is and have spare NICs in a drawer, you belong here.

[Read the Blog](http://itlad.uk/blog)

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