127: Can't Fix What You Don't Track

July 12th, 2024  |  58 mins 55 secs

anti-cheat, bazzite, controller, display flickering, docker, docmost, documentation software, email alerts, esp config, football, fuel economy, fuel mileage tracker, game server, glinet travel router, global search, hdhomerun, hibernate, htpc, jupiter broadcasting, keyboard, kvm over ip, linux gaming, lubelogger, maintenance records, mitsubishi heatpump, mouse, nanokvm, nixos, obsidian, open source, open-source, picture attachment, pixel 8, proxmox-nixos, risc-v, self-hosted, self-hosting podcast, streaming recommendations, tethering, travel internet, uk server maintenance, vehicle maintenance, vehicle report, wake, wiki

Chris gets serious about tracking maintenance and alerts, why Alex is impressed by the RISC-V-powered NanoKVM, how we might end up using Docmost, and a follow-up review of LubeLogger.

116: Making it all Connect

February 9th, 2024  |  55 mins 54 secs

ansible, appletv, automation, bambu, carplay, container networking, deep dive, desktop assistant, docker compose, gitea, home assistant, homekit integration, images, jupiter broadcasting, markdown, mk3s+, mk4, nixcon, nixos, obsidian, plex, proxmox, prusa, rendering, rental service, scale, self-hosting podcast, tailscale, truenas scale, wireguard

Alex has been deep-diving into container networking, and Chris is trying to steelman Plex's new rental service.

113: State of the Homelabs 2023

December 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 27 mins

10gig, 3d printer, ansible, blue iris, borgbackup, caddy, dnsmasq, docker, duplicati, emby, esp32s, framework, freshrss, google drive, grafana, healthchecks.io, home assistant, influx, invoiceninja, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, macos, mergerfs, monitoring, music assistant, nextcloud, nix, nixos, obsidian, octoprint, ombi, opnsense, paperless-ngx, pihole, plex, plexamp, plexjelly-watched, poe cams, prometheus, proxmox, relationship, self-hosting podcast, smokeping, snapraid, storj, tailscale, todoist, traefik, tubeszb, ubu 22.04, unifi, vpn, wallabag, xfs, zfs, zigbee

We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs.

112: Red Light, Green Light

December 15th, 2023  |  58 mins 3 secs

amazon, amd ryzen, apple, chromecasts, connector, controller, couchdb, data signal, designers, developers, domestic automation, door/window sensor, end users, esphome, foss leaders, framework, google, home assistant, iot networks, jellyfin, jupiter broadcasting, justice department, led, leds, linuxfest northwest, livesync plugin, obsidian, obsidian sync, plex, plug, post, power, push notifications, raspberry pi satellites, relay, remote satellites, s3-box-3, scale, self-hosting podcast, southern california linux expo, sysadmins, texas linux fest, tizen, track, washington post, water leak sensor, websocket api, wled, wyoming integration, zigbee

Alex shares a new build integrating WLED, and Chirs reviews hardware that can get you started with WLED in 45 seconds.

Then, one last big update on the Year of Voice and our thoughts on self-hosting push notifications.

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.

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.

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.

95: Docker U-Turn

April 21st, 2023  |  46 mins 30 secs

auto-update, ctop, docker, gpt agents, ios, ipfs, jupiter broadcasting, nextcloud, obsidian, opencv, podman, proxmox, self-hosted, self-hosted ai, self-hosting podcast, tailscale, web-whisper, zfs

We debate if users learned their lesson from the Docker Hub drama, the silent self-hosting winner going from strength to strength.

94: Full Power

April 7th, 2023  |  56 mins 46 secs

ansible, chatgpt-ui, cpp, energy management in home assistant, jellyfin, jellyseer, jupiter broadcasting, modbus, nextdns, obsidian, plex credits skip, self-hosting podcast, stacking ws, victron home assistant integration, vpn, waas, web-whisper

Chris integrates full home power monitoring into Home Assistant, while Alex tames the AI and rushes to replace Dark Sky.

86: Disqus-ting Tracking

December 16th, 2022  |  48 mins 49 secs

alby, apprise, drive home auotmation, giscus, github actions, hdhomerun, hdmi over ip, home automation, infinity, joplin, jupiter broadcasting, mkdocs, newpipe, obsidian, plex live tv, self-hosting podcast

What disgusted Alex about Disqus, and how he replaced it with a Self-Hosted solution, a hot HDHomeRun tip, and an update on Chris' hunt for the perfect notes app.