I just assembled this temporary home server “rack” with my 2018 MacBook Air on top.

It does the following things:

• General file sharing and project archival
• Backups my iCloud Drive and Photos to a Time Capsule
• Runs Time Machine server for my M1 MacBook Pro
• Tests Rails code against Intel via a local GitHub runner instance
• Processes files via DEVONthink smart rules
• Schedules some of my RSS feeds which are published via Feeder
• Archives my websites using rsync
• Filters my email via Mail rules
• Keeps my Reeder queue up-to-date
• Content caching
• Local device backups for my iPad Pro and iPhone
• Media server based on the Apple TV app and Home Sharing
  • I don’t care about Plex.
• Torrent server to acquire the latest Linux ISOs
• Connects my DYMO labeler, because it caused kernel panics on my M1 MacBook Pro

I plan to get a proper Mac mini after we moved into our new house, but for now, this is more than sufficient.