Jupiter BroadcastingTechnology, Leisure, Hobbies
Jupiter BroadcastingTechnology, Leisure, Hobbies
Jupiter BroadcastingTechnology, Leisure, Hobbies
Jupiter BroadcastingTechnology, Leisure, Hobbies

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Discover new software and hardware to get the best out of your network, control smart devices, and secure your data on cloud services. Self-Hosted is a chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you along for the journey as they learn new ones. A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself.

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  • 121: Forbidden Fruit
    Special guest Casey Liss from the Accidental Tech Podcast joins the show to discuss his homelab, how he uses HomeBridge, and his delightfully complex garage door sensor system.
  • 120: Can a VPS Replace a Homelab?
    Alex goes head-to-head with budget VPS providers, which gets us into a classic debate, and Adam Morales from Unraid joins us!
  • 119: Why So Many Llamas?
    Alex rolls back a major server upgrade, and we have fun playing with local large language models.
  • 118: How Hard Could it Be?
    Alex's new Epyc server build, and Jon Seager from Canonical joins us to chat about Nix in the homelab, packaging Scrutiny, and how Nix fits with existing infrastructure management tools.
  • 117: Unraid as a Service
    We chat about VMware's rug pull with Bret, aka Raid Owl, and then get into Unraid's big changes and more.
  • 116: Making it all Connect
    Alex has been deep-diving into container networking, and Chris is trying to steelman Plex's new rental service.
  • 115: A NAS in Every Home
    Brian Moses joins us and shares his most recent NAS build and love for 3D printers. Then Alex gets into the hardware he's deploying around the house, and why we don't see eye-to-eye on ZigBee.
  • 114: Unintended Consequences
    We kick off the new year with new apps in our home lab you’ll want to try and a new way to do networking.
  • 113: State of the Homelabs 2023
    We look back at what has changed, what's failed us, and what's sticking around in our homelabs.
  • 112: Red Light, Green Light
    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.
  • 111: pfSense Makes no Sense
    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.
  • 110: Google Photos Replacement
    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.
  • 109: Alex’s Backups Disaster
    How we almost lost valuable data this week, and a Chat with Doug and Mitch about their new home lab server.
  • 108: Year of Voice: A Bigger Deal Than You Think
    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.
  • 107: Laptop Dumpster Diving
    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.
  • 106: The Plex Situation Just got Worse
    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.
  • 105: Sleeper Storage Technology
    Alex sits down with the lead developer of mergerfs to get an update on the project, Chris has a button-pushing breakthrough and more.
  • 104: Name-Not-So-Cheap
    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.
  • 103: Archiving the Internet
    A few tools to build your own Way Back Machine, we check in with the "Year of Voice" and more.
  • 102: NixOS is a bit Flakey
    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.