Episode Archive
144 episodes of Self-Hosted since the first episode, which aired on August 27th, 2019.
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111: pfSense Makes no Sense
December 1st, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
aes-ni, ai, asrockrack, bmc, bsd, budget, chromecast, computers, control, disks, esp32, esp32-s3-box-3, esp8266, esphome, git-annex, guest network, hardware transcoding, immich, intel arc, interlock, iot devices, ipmi, jellyfin, jovian-nixos, jupiter broadcasting, licensing, linux, low power servers, media server, netgate, opnsense, pfsense, plex, poe, scott long, self-hosting podcast, servo motors, tech, touch screen, vlans, voice-assistant, wesp32, wireguard, youtube
We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more.
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110: Google Photos Replacement
November 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
45homelab's hl15, auto backup, backblaze cloud, breaking changes, docker compose, exif info, google photos killer, heic/heif backup, image tagging, immich, jupiter broadcasting, multi-user, object detection, photo and video backup, real-time render, restic, s3 encrypted object storage, self-hosting podcast
That man behind the Google Photos killer joins us to chat about the latest release of Immich. Plus, Alex's first impressions of 45Homelab's HL15.
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109: Alex’s Backups Disaster
November 3rd, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
45homelab interview, alex's backups disaster, alex's remedy, best buy 18tb drives, hl15, home assistant devs, jupiter broadcasting, local-first software, obsidian, old uk backup server, rsync.net, safe mode, self-hosting hits the big time, self-hosting podcast, synology upgrade disaster, zha
How we almost lost valuable data this week, and a Chat with Doug and Mitch about their new home lab server.
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108: Year of Voice: A Bigger Deal Than You Think
October 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
ecc memory, esphome, fedora, home assistant, hp thin client, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, mazda, nextcloud, nextcloud setup, nvr software, paulus schoutsen, plex, rdc, self-hosting podcast, symfonium, third-party audit, ubuntu, year of voice, zimaboard
Home Assistant's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, shares details about the Year of Voice, recent legal actions from Mazda, and the results of a recent third-party audit.
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107: Laptop Dumpster Diving
October 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
brents tv setup, buckets, developers, esphome, framework, home assistant, home media setup, hp prodesk, intel quick sync video, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, kodi, matter, metadata, new hardware, nextcloud, nextcloud sync, nixos, old hardware, optimism, plex, poe zigbee radio, pragmatism, raspberry pi 5, recalbox, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, slate, spook, spook with home assistant, starlink, startmail, tailscale, tasmota, thinkpad tv party, titles, tubeszb, wireguard on esphome, x220 overheating, z2m, zha
With a dose of pragmatism and optimism, we chat about making the best out of old hardware and where we draw the line and buy new.
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106: The Plex Situation Just got Worse
September 22nd, 2023 | 57 mins 33 secs
account banned, apple tv, garage door controller, google home, google nest, home assistant, home assistant cloud, home assistant green, home assistant yellow, ipad os 17, jupiter broadcasting, legal challenge, nextcloud, obsidian, pirated content, plex, quicksync benchmarking, rotary phones, self-hosting podcast, sonoff, synology nas, tailscale, usb-c, vps, webdav, z-wave buttons, zigbee
Our thoughts on two recent Plex crackdowns, why the Apple TV just got a lot better, how home Assistant could improve 10 years in, and much more.
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105: Sleeper Storage Technology
September 8th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
antonio musumeci, digiblur, espclicker, ggml q4_0, gnucash, himojo wireless scene switch, jupiter broadcasting, llama-gpt, mergerfs, mergerfs developer, nous hermes llama 2 7b chat, remote control switch, self-hosting podcast, smart wall switch, switch-manager, trapexit, tuya, wireless button for smart home devices, z-wave scene controller, zigbee, zigbee smart light switch, zooz 700 series
Alex sits down with the lead developer of mergerfs to get an update on the project, Chris has a button-pushing breakthrough and more.
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104: Name-Not-So-Cheap
August 25th, 2023 | 56 mins 5 secs
$13 voice remote for home assistant, .com domain renewals, .com domains, atom echo smart speaker development kit, chicago meetup recap, home assistant, home assistant cloud, icann, jupiter broadcasting, lfnw, linuxfest northwest, m5stack, namecheap, perfectmediaserver.com update, self-hosting podcast, tutorial atom echo, usb-c, verisign
Alex does a significant overhaul of his website and unpacks a new GitHub action workflow. Chris finally achieves complete local voice control of his network, we complain about the state of domain name sellers, and more.
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103: Archiving the Internet
August 11th, 2023 | 59 mins 46 secs
android, apparmor, assist, bookmark manager, collaborative, collections, cross-plex server watch syncing, docker image, esphome, flakes, floccus, folders, github, home assistant, home assistant companion app, imdb-terminal, ios home screen, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, linkding, linkwarden, multi-arch deployments, nabu casa, nix, nixos, pdf, piper, plex, raspberry pi 4, screenshot, self-hostable, self-hosting podcast, selinux, swiftfin app, tags, tvos client, wake word detection, webpages, yaml
A few tools to build your own Way Back Machine, we check in with the "Year of Voice" and more.
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102: NixOS is a bit Flakey
July 28th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
access everywhere, android app, anytype, api support, baby monitor solution, backup solution, browser extension, comfortable reading, configurable, devbox package index, disk usage analyzer, du alternative, dua-cli, duf, dust, eufy spaceview, failed device, fast & efficient, feeds generation, freshrss, gnome, home assistant, hosted version, import, international, ios app, jupiter broadcasting, luks encryption, mit license, nanit pro, nix packages repo, nixhub.io, nixos, notion-like note apps, opml, reader, replace, rss feed aggregator, search, self-hosting, self-hosting podcast, swap, syndication, themes & extensions, unifi cloud key gen 2, unifi controller, wallabag, web scraping, websub
Alex shares a suite of self-hosted apps that replace Reddit. Chris is struggling with Jellyfin, and we discuss where NixOS is killing it and where we think it falls down.
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101: Joining the Federation
July 14th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
45drives, alper's project, berlin buds on matrix, berlin with brent, decentralized chat, dmitry's storage setup, docker, docker-compose 2.20, email, federation, fotoo, fully kiosk browser, include keyword, intel gvt-g on proxmox, jupiter broadcasting, linux host monitoring, mastodon, matrix, meetup, microbin, nextcloud, obsidian evernote import, peertube, pixelfed, plex dupefinder, samba, self-hosting podcast, smart usb wifi adaptor, splenssy, tablet battery sensor, tablet photo frame, tuya, xmpp
The advantages of Federating a local and remote Nextcloud, Chris replaces Google Home Hub's photo powers and the new docker-compose feature that will change Alex's entire setup.
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100: Our Essential Apps
June 30th, 2023 | 49 mins 55 secs
abstract pci devices, ansible, automatic user sync, background support, boosts, bulk upload, ceph quincy 17.2.6, data migration, debian 12 bookworm, dns, faster cpu type, homelab storage, icloud photos, immich, iphone version, iventoy, jupiter broadcasting, kbin, leaky canoe, lemmy, linux kernel 6.2, lxc 5.0.2, ncurses style, new text-based installer, nixos, optimized photo storage, pairdrop, pci devices, perfect media server, proxmox 8, proxmox virtual environment 8.0, pxe server, qemu 8.0.2, raspberry pi 7, redundancy, self-hosting podcast, smb, snapdrop, tech garden, truenas, usb devices, web hosting, zfs 2.1.12
We cover our must-have self-hosted apps, reflect on the state of Self-Hosting now, and discuss what's new in Proxmox 8.
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99: Lemmy at em!
June 16th, 2023 | 47 mins 39 secs
actix, ansible, ansible install, chatgpt, chatpad ai, clean interface, cross-posting support, desktop app, diesel, dns server, docker, docker install, federated, finding communities, funding, golf sale, high performance, inferno, ios mobile client, jupiter broadcasting, lemmy, lemmy for self-hosters, license plate detection, moderation abilities, native android app, ocr, open source, progressive web app, reddark, reddit alternative, reverse proxy, router, rust, self-hostable, self-hosting communities, self-hosting nvr/dvr, self-hosting podcast, snapdrop, typescript, web app
We dive into Lemmy, a self-hosted Reddit alternative. Plus, a couple of easy-to-deploy tools that make life better.
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98: The One with 45Drives
June 2nd, 2023 | 46 mins 19 secs
45drives, affordability, alexa, amazon, celebrity voices, cli tooling, community guidance, connectivity, delete data, design, discontinuation, disk space usage, document management, document scanner, documents, dua-cli, electronic health records, enterprise-level, fast, fasten, financial performance, form factors, home lab server, insurance, joplin, june 7th, jupiter broadcasting, linux, melissa mccarthy, microsoft, nas products, network storage, nextcloud, notes, obsidian, onenote, paperless-ngx, performance models, photos, podverse, purchase, purging, raw drone footage, refund, rework, samuel l. jackson, self-hosting podcast, september 30th, shaquille o'neal, sharepoint, sorting, tailscale, vlog source files, vs code dev containers
We chat with 45Drives about their ambitions to build a home-lab server that bridges the gap between enterprise-level servers and consumer-grade NAS products. And more.
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97: Tempted by the Fruit of Another
May 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 54 secs
alex psu, chris' notes, collaboration, drobo, garden gnomes, garden sensors, invoice, it tools, joplin, jupiter broadcasting, laggy ui, markdown support, nextcloud, offline access, pdf manual, photoprism paid tiers, search, self-hosting podcast, sharing, split dns, sync, vscode extension, webdav, wife approval factor, worst self-hosting mistake
Alex tempts Chris with his Obsidian ways, our thoughts on Drobo going bankrupt, and Photoprism adding paid tiers. Plus, the slick suite of tools you'll want to run on your LAN.
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96: Outdoor Home Assistant
May 5th, 2023 | 53 mins 6 secs
automation, budget-friendly, capacitive soil moisture sensors, dashboards, data recovery, esphome automation, exposed entities, garden data, garden operation, home assistant, industrial linux mini pc, ip67, joplin, joplin server, jupiter broadcasting, lazydocker, lazygit, obsidian livesync, piper, plex prometheus exporter, prometheus format, qboxmini diy iot enclosure, raspberry pi 4, self-hosting podcast, step-down dc-dc converter, ticonn waterproof electrical junction box, trigger watering, voice, webhook trigger options, xiaomi flora
Why Chris needs ANOTHER Home Assistant instance and a major breakthrough for self-hosters.