We’ve now had more than 15 years of smart home devices. People should really know better than to buy into proprietary systems. But they don’t, so companies continue doing shady shit, killing devices your bought, forcing paid updates, etc. All people see is it works with Google/Siri/Alexa and that’s it.

I hate recommending reddit, but take a look at the last threads on their subreddit. Also, check their employee reviews on Glassdoor and Kununu (German version of Glassdoor).

I want to love ecosia because of their unique climate projects, but the company is kinda going to shit internally.

The fact that jellyfin let’s you sort your media exactly the way you want without promoting or hiding content already puts JF miles ahead any commercial streaming services. The ease of mind is unbeatable.

On the home server on the host. I couldn’t figure out how to make it work in a container and still have ssh access to the host, which was my goal…

Same! I setup a cronjob calling namecheap dyndns API.

Sadly my flashlight only supports 1 level of brightness.

Inkscape is my favourite Linux program. And the UI got so much better the last few years.

What? It’s not about the looks. It’s about the size

Because this is the only antenna they sell now and is a huge jump from the previous. Buying a new zigbee antenna can be a bit hit or miss, so having an officially supported one, specially one where the profits also support the project long-term success, is important. So excuse me if I’m disappointed that the antenna stands more prominently than a dildo. If the antenna could tilt 90 degrees, it would at least fit on any shelf.

I understand that, but this device seems to focus on huge houses or something. I have no problems in my apartment with my USB zigbee dongle that let’s me hide away the whole system in a closet…

The ZBT2 antenna is so ridiculous. I don’t want an antenna that is bigger than the computer that runs the software.

I still don’t understand how Searx is able to operate for free. Don’t the API calls cost money?

Haha OK. DIY server is like legos, docker is playmobil.

Maybe I can start shedding some light off docker.

When you start setting up a server, you end up having to setup many things. You install various programs and their dependencies. Sometimes those dependencies can conflict with each other, or you mess up your system by manually pasting some command you found on stack exchange. Then you need to manually keep all the software you use up-to-date and pray they don’t brick your server and force you to start over. And then when you need to update your OS or move to a new machine, you need to repeat this whole dance again.

Docker is like legos. You want to install jellyfin? There’s already a docker imagine for that. You just spin it up with some little configure file and you’re done. You want to setup a firewall? You want to setup https access? Automatic updates? There are docker images already made for it.

So you keep on setting up those docker containers and they all run in isolation but can communicate with each other. If you break something, you just restart one or all the containers and you always start fresh. Docker keeps nothing in memory, unless you explicitly want it (e.g. Your jellyfin config will presist in external config files).

Want to move to a new machine? You can just copy over the scripts that run the docker containers and those config files. Software updates? Just update the docker container and it handles all dependencies.

Also, Jellyfin all the way. It’s open source and free all the way.

It takes a certain kind of personality to even become a billionaire. You don’t become a billionaire by being kind and ethical

Sure. But their deves still create lots of noise in open source projects and you don’t always know where they work.

Of course. Because when we’re all the little guys and helping each other, it’s fair. Now you have trillion dollar companies making demands of your project but donating zero dollars to it, and it feel much less fair.

Basically it’s a URL that you call with curl. You can set up a crown job to call every day or as often as you need. The URL contains the domain name or subdomain, you dynamic public IP (not CNAT), and the API token. This way you Domain always points to your dynamic IP.

Namecheap, and I guess other registrars too, has an API that you can call from your server to update your IP address in their DNS. It’s super easy. No need to pay for a static IP address. At least in my case ei already use my domain for other things.

And since when is the easiest way the funnest way? :P