I automated my Proxmox homelab and accidentally gave my servers Tarantino names

On March 22nd, a developer published a writeup describing what started as a straightforward Proxmox homelab automation project and ended somewhere considerably more entertaining. Proxmox, for the uninitiated, is the open-source virtualisation platform that lets self-hosters run enterprise-grade infrastructure from a rack in their hallway — the kind of setup where you start by wanting reliable containers and end up reading documentation at midnight. This particular developer was scripting their server provisioning, automating the dull mechanics of naming and deploying virtual machines, when something in the logic — a seeded list, a script pulling from an unexpected source, a naming convention that escaped its original constraints — produced servers with Tarantino names. There is presumably now a VM called Vincent somewhere on a home network. Possibly one called Marsellus. The post sits at the intersection of two things that appeal to a very specific kind of person: homelab infrastructure nerdery and the kind of film knowledge that makes you name things after Reservoir Dogs characters without fully intending to.

If confirmed, here is what this means — and bear in mind this story is less about the technical outcome than the cultural one. The vibe coding era has made it entirely plausible that automation scripts develop personality almost by accident, that a developer reaching for convenience ends up with an infrastructure that reflects their taste rather than their intention. The practical implication is narrow: one person has a more interesting homelab. The broader implication is that when you automate the mundane, you sometimes automate your subconscious along with it. The naming convention is not the point. The point is that scripting your environment means your environment starts to look like you — and occasionally like a mid-nineties crime film.

Watch for the Dev.to post gaining traction in homelab communities, or a follow-up detailing the actual script logic — that would tell us whether this is a reproducible quirk or simply one developer's happy accident.

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