• Turret3857@infosec.pub
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    2 days ago

    ive got ocd and ADHD so I can’t actually start the new hobby until the old one is finished. my current hobby is a homelab Thats running over 60 services that keep breaking. god save my soul

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        if it makes you feel any better I have not been able to have a new project in 4 years even though Ive got plenty of ideas. I actually tried working on a FOSS car stereo but I couldn’t Focus because of my damn homelab telling me I need to finish it first.

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      2 days ago

      May I interest you in the rabbit hole that is NixOS? Gotta get that perfect reproducible Infrastructure As Code-Config!

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        I would but I’m too deep in with Rocky to switch at this point. SELinux is a major part of my setup

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      i wish i could get my home lab efforts (re)started. the memory of corrupted sd cards and pi hole config mistakes is debilitating…

      not to mention financial anxiety about possibly needing replacement components regularly…

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        I started on an old optiplex I got off eBay for $150, and it ran great for 4 years until I was dusting it out and accidentally snapped off a capacitor from the mobo. The only concerns Ive really had are hard drive failures and I keep a backup so its not too bad. most of my problems are user error and software. Have you used/are you using docker? it makes a lot of the mistakes hurt less because you can just delete the docker volume for the service and start fresh if u screw up.

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          thanks for the eBay recommendation. unfortunately my financial anxiety is much much much more easily triggered than that. I’m working in myself for now.

          i do plan to start using docker if i ever get started on projects again.

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        The best part of having a homelab/home server is the reproducible dopamine hits. First you’ll get some dopamine just getting the thing up and running, but then each service I decide to tackle and implement gives me a whole new hit of dopamine. Most services you can get up in a day or two of tinkering/learning even as a system noob like me. On top of that, if you don’t manage to get it working, it’s pretty easy to scrap the attempt and try something easier.

        Then you also get dopamine hits whenever something breaks and you manage to fix it. 10/10 would recommend.

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        If you like being in control of your data, like tinkering with new/emerging tech or industry standard tech, want to break free from Google/Apple/Meta/etc, or if you want to have a hobby similar to working on your car without getting your hands dirty and physically destroying your body, homelabbing may be for you. You can really do whatever you want with it. Make an android app repo, create a DNS server, or NTP time sync server, you can host your own videos with PeerTube, have your own private email server, host a Mastodon or Lemmy instance, or a Bluesky personal data server, you can host your own local LLM or have a Google Photos-like AI photo library with Immich. You can use Frigate to get AI powered security cameras. Theoretically, you could even make your homelab your main PC and just carry around a lapdock for your phone to remote into it. Theres really no limit to what you can do other than your willingness to put in the time and effort, and deal with frustrating scenarios when they come up. I’d rate it 9/10 on the worth it scale, just wish some things could be more streamlined.

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          Ok great! I guess I didn’t know the definition was so broad, I’m definitely already toying with Plex, and I had plans for setting up a RAID and a backup schedule so I can safely run immich. A matrix server was on my list too.

          Thanks for the other ideas!

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            Of course! And, if you can deal with the faults people find in it, I recommend Jellyfin over Plex. Its your homelab, not plex’s. You shouldnt have to pay to use your own hardware. :P

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              Yeah I’ve looked into jellyfin, it just isn’t as convenient yet.

              If that improves, or if Plex gets nuked, I’ll make the switch 🤷‍♂️

              I prefer open source where I can 👍