https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/tags/raspberry-pi/Recent content in Raspberry Pi on Joe McCarthyHugoen-gbSun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/26/04/homelab-journey-part-2-hardware-setup/Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/26/04/homelab-journey-part-2-hardware-setup/An overview of my 8-node Raspberry Pi cluster, shared storage setup, and the tradeoffs of running everything on low-power hardware.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/one-month-on-raspberry-pi-5/Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/one-month-on-raspberry-pi-5/After a month using a Raspberry Pi 5 as the daily machine, general work and coding are smooth, heavy CAD and slicing stay on the desktop, and the constraints noticeably improve focus and output.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/automated-homelab-with-ansible-docker-swarm/Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/automated-homelab-with-ansible-docker-swarm/A Raspberry Pi cluster managed with Ansible and Docker Swarm, using NFS for state, Traefik for routing, and a small set of services like Home Assistant, Gitea, Portainer, Pi hole, and Uptime Kuma, plus the lessons learned while building it.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/distraction-free-development-raspberry-pi/Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/distraction-free-development-raspberry-pi/A Raspberry Pi 5 set up as a no-distraction development box, with no audio and a bit of physical friction, turned browsing time into building time.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/raspberry-pi-5-daily-driver/Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/raspberry-pi-5-daily-driver/A Pi 5 with an NVMe base and Pi OS handles day to day work across Codium, terminal, and Chromium, with the main issue being cooling under full screen video.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/workspace-february-2024-update/Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/workspace-february-2024-update/The rack plan gave way to an IKEA SKÅDIS wall for Raspberry Pis, using printed mounts to keep the cluster visible, accessible, and off the desk, with room to grow.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/introducing-night-sky-pi/Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/introducing-night-sky-pi/A minimal, low cost capture node for all sky imaging, built around a Pi Zero 2 W and the HQ Camera, with Python services that capture overnight and package data for processing elsewhere.