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  <itunes:subtitle>We're joined by Xe Iaso, who discusses a creative solution to relentless AI bots and the unexpected delights of running an outrageously overpowered homelab.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re joined by Xe Iaso, who discusses a creative solution to relentless AI bots and the unexpected delights of running an outrageously overpowered homelab.</p><p>Special Guest: Xe Iaso.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://tailscale.com/selfhosted">Tailscale</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tailscale.com/selfhosted">Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. </a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/selfhosted">Unraid</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/selfhosted">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</a></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=53744">Support Self-Hosted</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="⚡ Grab Sats with Strike Around the World" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/download/">⚡ Grab Sats with Strike Around the World</a> &mdash; Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 110 countries.</li><li><a title="🇨🇦  Bitcoin Well" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoinwell.com/referral/jupiter">🇨🇦  Bitcoin Well</a> &mdash; Empowering sovereign ownership with free automatic self-custody 🔒</li><li><a title="🎉 Boost with Fountain FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://fountain.fm">🎉 Boost with Fountain FM</a> &mdash; Podcasts and music powered by community. Share, discover and support over 4 million shows and emerging artists.</li><li><a title="Xe Iaso&#39;s Blog" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/">Xe Iaso's Blog</a></li><li><a title="Support Xe on Patreon" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/cadey">Support Xe on Patreon</a></li><li><a title="Block AI scrapers with Anubis - Xe Iaso" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/anubis/">Block AI scrapers with Anubis - Xe Iaso</a> &mdash; I got tired of this and made a tool to stop them for good. I call it Anubis. Anubis weighs the soul of your connection using a sha256 proof-of-work challenge in order to protect upstream resources from scraper bots. It's a reverse proxy that requires browsers and bots to solve a proof-of-work challenge before they can access your site, just like Hashcash.</li><li><a title="Building native packages is complicated - Xe Iaso" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/anubis-packaging/">Building native packages is complicated - Xe Iaso</a> &mdash; Normally when I make projects, I don't expect them to take off. I especially don't expect to front page news on Ars Technica and TechCrunch within the span of a few days. I very much also do not expect to say sentences like "FFmpeg uses a program I made to help them stop scraper bots taking down their issue tracker". The last week has been fairly ridiculous in that regard.</li><li><a title="TecharoHQ/anubis" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis">TecharoHQ/anubis</a> &mdash; Anubis weighs the soul of your connection using a sha256 proof-of-work challenge in order to protect upstream resources from scraper bots.</li><li><a title="Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/27/open-source-devs-are-fighting-ai-crawlers-with-cleverness-and-vengeance/">Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance</a> &mdash; In a “cry for help” blog post in January, FOSS developer Xe Iaso described how AmazonBot relentlessly pounded on a Git server website to the point of causing DDoS outages. Git servers host FOSS projects so that anyone who wants can download the code or contribute to it.</li><li><a title="The surreal joy of having an overprovisioned homelab - Xe Iaso" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/talks/2025/surreal-joy-homelab/">The surreal joy of having an overprovisioned homelab - Xe Iaso</a> &mdash; Tonight I’ll tell you what gets me excited about my homelab and maybe inspire you to make your own. I'll get into what I like about it and clue you into some of the fun you get to have if one of your projects meant to protect your homelab goes hockey-stick.</li><li><a title="Talos Linux" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.talos.dev/">Talos Linux</a> &mdash; Talos Linux is Linux designed for Kubernetes – secure, immutable, and minimal.</li><li><a title="Apollo: Sunshine fork" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ClassicOldSong/Apollo">Apollo: Sunshine fork</a> &mdash; The easiest way to stream with the native resolution of your client device</li><li><a title="ansible-vault-bitwarden: Manage ansible-vault passwords securely with Bitwarden CLI" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/guiand888/ansible-vault-bitwarden">ansible-vault-bitwarden: Manage ansible-vault passwords securely with Bitwarden CLI</a></li><li><a title="Amcrest 4MP ProHD Indoor WiFi Camera" rel="nofollow" href="https://amcrest.com/4mp-wifi-camera-pan-tilt-ip4m-1041w.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqiz7UigicHx_bUhJw5VDxSVYRhCIuC5VqbcvlUbOw8A3-3Brjr">Amcrest 4MP ProHD Indoor WiFi Camera</a> &mdash; – 2. 4ghz WiFi IP camera features immaculate 4MP (2688x1520P at 30fps video using excellent low light capability utilizing the CMOS image sensor and chipset. Cover more ground using super-wide 90° viewing angle and remote pan/tilt. </li><li><a title="IPTV+: My Smart IPTV Player on the App Store" rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iptv-my-smart-iptv-player/id1525121231">IPTV+: My Smart IPTV Player on the App Store</a></li><li><a title="Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/">Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup</a></li><li><a title="SSH 146 Boost Barn" rel="nofollow" href="https://paste.docs.lol/code/ObeyLevelness">SSH 146 Boost Barn</a> &mdash; Thank you to everyone who supported episode 146!</li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re joined by Xe Iaso, who discusses a creative solution to relentless AI bots and the unexpected delights of running an outrageously overpowered homelab.</p><p>Special Guest: Xe Iaso.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://tailscale.com/selfhosted">Tailscale</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tailscale.com/selfhosted">Tailscale is a Zero config VPN. It installs on any device in minutes, manages firewall rules for you, and works from anywhere. Get 3 users and 100 devices for free. </a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/selfhosted">Unraid</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://unraid.net/selfhosted">A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility.</a></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=53744">Support Self-Hosted</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="⚡ Grab Sats with Strike Around the World" rel="nofollow" href="https://strike.me/download/">⚡ Grab Sats with Strike Around the World</a> &mdash; Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 110 countries.</li><li><a title="🇨🇦  Bitcoin Well" rel="nofollow" href="https://bitcoinwell.com/referral/jupiter">🇨🇦  Bitcoin Well</a> &mdash; Empowering sovereign ownership with free automatic self-custody 🔒</li><li><a title="🎉 Boost with Fountain FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://fountain.fm">🎉 Boost with Fountain FM</a> &mdash; Podcasts and music powered by community. Share, discover and support over 4 million shows and emerging artists.</li><li><a title="Xe Iaso&#39;s Blog" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/">Xe Iaso's Blog</a></li><li><a title="Support Xe on Patreon" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/cadey">Support Xe on Patreon</a></li><li><a title="Block AI scrapers with Anubis - Xe Iaso" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/anubis/">Block AI scrapers with Anubis - Xe Iaso</a> &mdash; I got tired of this and made a tool to stop them for good. I call it Anubis. Anubis weighs the soul of your connection using a sha256 proof-of-work challenge in order to protect upstream resources from scraper bots. It's a reverse proxy that requires browsers and bots to solve a proof-of-work challenge before they can access your site, just like Hashcash.</li><li><a title="Building native packages is complicated - Xe Iaso" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/anubis-packaging/">Building native packages is complicated - Xe Iaso</a> &mdash; Normally when I make projects, I don't expect them to take off. I especially don't expect to front page news on Ars Technica and TechCrunch within the span of a few days. I very much also do not expect to say sentences like "FFmpeg uses a program I made to help them stop scraper bots taking down their issue tracker". The last week has been fairly ridiculous in that regard.</li><li><a title="TecharoHQ/anubis" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis">TecharoHQ/anubis</a> &mdash; Anubis weighs the soul of your connection using a sha256 proof-of-work challenge in order to protect upstream resources from scraper bots.</li><li><a title="Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/27/open-source-devs-are-fighting-ai-crawlers-with-cleverness-and-vengeance/">Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance</a> &mdash; In a “cry for help” blog post in January, FOSS developer Xe Iaso described how AmazonBot relentlessly pounded on a Git server website to the point of causing DDoS outages. Git servers host FOSS projects so that anyone who wants can download the code or contribute to it.</li><li><a title="The surreal joy of having an overprovisioned homelab - Xe Iaso" rel="nofollow" href="https://xeiaso.net/talks/2025/surreal-joy-homelab/">The surreal joy of having an overprovisioned homelab - Xe Iaso</a> &mdash; Tonight I’ll tell you what gets me excited about my homelab and maybe inspire you to make your own. I'll get into what I like about it and clue you into some of the fun you get to have if one of your projects meant to protect your homelab goes hockey-stick.</li><li><a title="Talos Linux" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.talos.dev/">Talos Linux</a> &mdash; Talos Linux is Linux designed for Kubernetes – secure, immutable, and minimal.</li><li><a title="Apollo: Sunshine fork" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/ClassicOldSong/Apollo">Apollo: Sunshine fork</a> &mdash; The easiest way to stream with the native resolution of your client device</li><li><a title="ansible-vault-bitwarden: Manage ansible-vault passwords securely with Bitwarden CLI" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/guiand888/ansible-vault-bitwarden">ansible-vault-bitwarden: Manage ansible-vault passwords securely with Bitwarden CLI</a></li><li><a title="Amcrest 4MP ProHD Indoor WiFi Camera" rel="nofollow" href="https://amcrest.com/4mp-wifi-camera-pan-tilt-ip4m-1041w.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqiz7UigicHx_bUhJw5VDxSVYRhCIuC5VqbcvlUbOw8A3-3Brjr">Amcrest 4MP ProHD Indoor WiFi Camera</a> &mdash; – 2. 4ghz WiFi IP camera features immaculate 4MP (2688x1520P at 30fps video using excellent low light capability utilizing the CMOS image sensor and chipset. Cover more ground using super-wide 90° viewing angle and remote pan/tilt. </li><li><a title="IPTV+: My Smart IPTV Player on the App Store" rel="nofollow" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iptv-my-smart-iptv-player/id1525121231">IPTV+: My Smart IPTV Player on the App Store</a></li><li><a title="Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/">Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup</a></li><li><a title="SSH 146 Boost Barn" rel="nofollow" href="https://paste.docs.lol/code/ObeyLevelness">SSH 146 Boost Barn</a> &mdash; Thank you to everyone who supported episode 146!</li></ul>]]>
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