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SUMMARY:"Stop Suffering: How I Built ProxUI to Fix My Homelab" - Alexander
  Shut
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DESCRIPTION:As a sysadmin\, I spent years managing my Proxmox homelab the 
 hard way - juggling browser tabs\, editing config files by hand\, running 
 the same commands over and over. Every gap in my workflow was a small dail
 y frustration. Then I stopped waiting for someone else to fix it and built
  ProxUI: a self-hosted Proxmox management UI built by a sysadmin\, for sys
 admins.\n\nThis talk is not about being a developer. It's about recognizin
 g that the tool you need probably won't be built by a company - because yo
 ur use case is too specific\, too personal\, and too real. Every feature i
 n ProxUI exists because I needed it: a single-page cluster dashboard\, mul
 ti-cluster switching\, automated cloud-ready qcow2 image builds\, LXC devi
 ce passthrough without editing config files\, and more. Each one started a
 s something I was doing by hand.\n\nI'll walk through the gap-driven devel
 opment process: how frustration becomes a feature\, how a sysadmin with mi
 nimal software engineering background ships a real tool and giving to the 
 open source community. I'll also cover the infra around the project — ho
 w to build and store cloud images\, how to run a live demo environment\, a
 nd how to deploy ProxUI in your own homelab in minutes.\n\nIf you've ever 
 thought "someone should build this" — this talk is for you.
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URL:https://pretalx.com/txlf2026/talk/SGK7R7/
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