# Using a Portable Monitor for Home-Lab Debugging and Streaming

DevFeed: [Using a Portable Monitor for Home-Lab Debugging and Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/you-might-need-a-portable-monitor-26649.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.alexellis.io/you-might-need-a-portable-monitor/>)

Author: Alex Ellis

Published: 2024-06-12T13:47:26Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Alex Ellis' Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alex-ellis-blog.md>)

Topics: [Homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/homelab.md>), [monitor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitor.md>), [Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/raspberry-pi.md>), [Jenkins](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jenkins.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>)

Tags: [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [headless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/headless.md>), [home-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-lab.md>), [jenkins](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jenkins.md>), [portable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/portable.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains why the author prefers a portable monitor for debugging headless home-lab computers, setting up Raspberry Pis, monitoring Jenkins CI pipelines, and managing streaming or product-demo software.

## Source excerpt

I cover why as a one monitor kind of guy, I found a portable monitor essential - both for streaming and for debugging the home lab.