Love it thank you! Talking turtle is definitely going into the campaign

What would be your advice to a DM starting a full homebrew campaign for the first time?

Can't vs won't. I have no doubt that they could do it, but apple didn't get to be one of the most powerful companies in the world by doing the thing that is cheaper for the user.

Do you have any old hardware that doesn’t have a job? That is a great place to start. Take some time try out different solutions (proxmox, unraid, casa OS). Then as you nail down your needs you can better pick hardware.

Could you link the source? Sounds like an interesting read.