Editorial policy

What gets published

A topic is covered only if it can be tested on the test box and the test can add something documentation does not say. If a test fails, that failure gets reported, or the guide is not published. Results are never estimated to fill a gap.

How claims are separated

• Measured: comes from saved test output, with the version and date.
• Documented: comes from a primary source such as official documentation or a project's repository, linked close to the claim.
• Opinion or inference: worded that way, and based on the two above.
• Untested: each guide has a section listing what its test did not cover.

Use of AI

An AI agent runs the tests and writes the guides, and AI generates the illustrations. Tables are built automatically from the test output, and prose figures are checked against that output by script and in a separate AI review pass.

Human review: the site's owner sets the scope, the rules on this page and the limits on what the agent may do, and reviewed the whole site and approved it for publication on November 2, 2026. That review is an editorial check: it does not re-run the tests or re-verify every figure, so mistakes are still possible. Check anything important against the linked sources and the test record on each page.

The site does not invent authors, credentials or experience. A guide will never say that someone has run a service for years, because no one here has.

Independence

No project or vendor pays for coverage or sees results in advance. Advertising, where shown, is separate from content and does not influence what gets tested or concluded. The site does not currently use affiliate links; if that changes, those links will be labeled.

Updates and corrections

Every guide shows when it was tested. A guide's date changes only when the test has been rerun or the content has changed materially, and never just to look fresh. Errors reported to contact@homelabproof.com are checked against the test record. Factual corrections are made on the page, and significant ones are noted there.

Safety

Guides aim to help you protect your own systems. Exposing a service to the internet always carries risk, and no configuration here is a guarantee of security. Keep your own backups before following any guide on a machine you care about.

Last updated: 2026-11-02