Yeah this is the way.

The problem is that people never stop tinkering and keep trying to make their homelab better, faster, etc. But its purpose is not to be a system that you keep fine tuning (unless thats what you actually are doing it for), its purpose is to serve your needs as a homelab.

The best homelabs are boring in terms of tech stacks imo. The unfortunate paradox is that once you do start getting into homelabs, its hard to get out of the mentality of constantly trying out new stuff.