Hey! I’m Rob Merrill — a self-taught, career-changing lab nerd building IT and cybersecurity labs from scratch and documenting everything as I go.
This repo is home base for my learning-in-public journey. I’m breaking into the tech world by:
- 🔧 Building real-world home labs
- 📹 Sharing tutorials and walkthroughs on YouTube (coming soon!)
- 💻 Creating beginner-friendly resources for new learners, career changers, and fellow lab nerds
| 🔗 Project | 💬 Description |
|---|---|
| Active Directory Home Lab | A full walkthrough for building a home AD environment from scratch using VMware Workstation Pro |
More labs coming soon: Wireshark, Splunk, Nmap...
If this project helped you out or made your life easier:
- Buy Me a Coffee ☕
- 📺 Subscribe on YouTube
- 📬 Say hi: Rob Merrill at learnbuilddeploylabs@gmail.com
If this project confused you or made your life way harder than it needed to be:
- Buy Me a Coffee ☕
- 📺 Subscribe on YouTube
- 📬 Say hi: Rob Merrill at learnbuilddeploylabs@gmail.com
😉
This is just the beginning.
More labs and walkthroughs are in the works!
If you’re learning, tinkering, or career changing — welcome. You're in the right place.
Learn in public. Build with intention. Deploy for the future.
— Rob Merrill // Learn. Build. Deploy.

