Hi, I'm Josh. Welcome to the lab.
I run a small homelab out of my house: a rack, a handful of servers, and a set of private Minecraft worlds for my friends. This site is where I write down what I'm building, and more usefully, what broke and how we fixed it.
The Minecraft server
One address, three worlds, and room for Java, Bedrock and Xbox players.
LiveLive world maps
3D maps of every world in your browser. Players log in from inside the game.
OngoingAll projects
What's running, what's half-built, and what's next on the list.
Latest from the build log
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Mapping worlds that are 1.5 times around the Earth
Pre-generating terrain, a quick reality check on how big a Minecraft world is, and putting the maps online behind a login with no passwords.
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Six bugs, one weekend
Signs that wouldn't click, PvP that wouldn't turn off, a backup that quietly refused to run, and more.
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Building a lobby without ever seeing it
The Great Hall: a copper-roofed spawn hall built entirely from commands.
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One address, three worlds, every platform
How the server grew from one vanilla world into a small network, without touching anyone's progress.