second-brain/06_Decisions/Home Lab Principles.md

Home Lab Principles

Working principles

• Start simple
• Prefer clarity over cleverness
• Document every meaningful architectural change
• Production and testing should be clearly separated
• Backups and restore confidence are first-class requirements
• Avoid deploying many apps before the platform is understandable

Near-term app focus

1. Drive / file sync
2. Photo app
3. Identity / access layer

Current transition direction

• from Synology Drive to possible Nextcloud later
• from Synology Photos to possible Immich later
• keep current media stack running while broader architecture is clarified

Notes

This project should be managed incrementally, not as a big-bang migration.