Hi, I’m Lion. I’m a photographer, videographer and tech nerd, and I split my time between Berlin and Tokyo. As an artist I go by Lion Stark, for gaming and tinkering it’s MappleBox.
I put together my first computer when I was eight, and soon after I was modding consoles and Game Boys. That got me into game design, which I went on to study. After a stint in corporate marketing, I now shoot portraits, events, companies and travel, in photo and video. You can see my work at lionstark.com.
I used to build gaming PCs, streaming setups and custom keyboards for clients. These days this site is mostly about my homelab, self-hosting and streaming setups. Since 2019 I’ve also been part of unholy.gg, an agency for creator management, media production, server infrastructure and IRL events.
What you’ll find here
- The homelab log. My homelab runs across two sites, Berlin and France, with Proxmox, Plex, Home Assistant, Paperless and my own monitoring. What works and what crashes ends up here.
- Self-hosting guides you can follow step by step, even if you’re new to Linux.
- Streaming setups and the tech behind them: audio, camera, light and software.
How I test
- I only write about hardware and software I’ve built, used or set up myself.
- Photos are my own, and configs come from my real setups.
- Before a guide goes live, someone who isn’t me has to be able to follow it from start to finish.
- Affiliate links are marked and don’t change my opinion. Details are in the affiliate disclosure.
Contact
Need help with your homelab or streaming setup, looking for photo or video work, or have a question about a guide? Email me at contact@lionstark.com.