
He who doesn't have it is because he doesn't want it.
This is literally the first homelab I've ever done. I had participated in LPCI training and yesterday I said "Let's make my own."
I got an old Tanix TV Box, a typical 5-port TpLink switch, a small router for tests I want to do, and a Temu alarm clock with thermometer functions.
All of this is inside an outdoor fuse box because my pigeon is usually flying around my house, so I preferred to completely isolate it from bird droppings and dust.
I was really missing out on something more complex, but with this I'm already running webscrapers programmed in Go and a couple of other silly things.
Honestly, don't let others who can invest more in their homelabs hold you back. This is the only one I have, and maybe I'll improve it later, don't let anyone tell you that you can't. "You don't have to be a genius to be a great artist."