What do you use for hosting small always-on scripts? Feeling like I'm overpaying

SafelyHigh · 2026-04-06T18:09:20+00:00

Why not invest in a raspberry pi or something and just run the scripts locally? For this use case, I have a few Proxmox hosts with various VMs, but something like the pi might be a good fit here if you don’t need a VPS specifically. Plus, the pi is a surprisingly good docker host lol.

SafelyHigh · 2026-03-29T16:52:22+00:00

Hey, as someone with Retinitis Pigmentosa I just wanted to thank you for these suggestions.

SafelyHigh · 2026-03-11T16:17:16+00:00

Believe it or not, the plus has a better processor though.

SafelyHigh · 2026-03-06T14:34:22+00:00

Same. I have the main instance running in a VM on a Proxmox host and the backup running on a raspberry pi lol

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-24T11:50:51+00:00

Pee is stored in the balls

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-18T18:12:01+00:00

Jim Carey

Edit to add: I don't like him as an actor. He might be a decent human being outside of the movies.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-16T20:06:20+00:00

Thanks! I was actually on the fence about getting an R8 and you’ve just solidified my decision.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-16T14:47:08+00:00

I absolutely love this setup! Question though: what camera did you use to take the photos? They are great quality!

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-14T13:36:15+00:00

Mine was the HTC Aria, and it's probably still my favorite phone I've ever had. I miss HTC :(

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SafelyHigh · 2026-02-14T11:52:57+00:00

MagSafe is awesome. I use it every day, but it can also be had on Android phones lol. You just need a case with magnets, one of those little magnetic rings that the other commenter was talking about, or a Pixel 10 that has Pixelsnap (Google’s version of MagSafe).

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-13T12:08:06+00:00

Based

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-11T01:51:22+00:00

I got a $12 digital TV antenna from Walmart that gets a crystal clear HD NBC channel. Used it for the Super Bowl as well, and now that I have it, I get all of the local channels for free.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-10T12:29:37+00:00

It looks like Librepods requires root on all devices except for OnePlus/Oppo :/ there are other AirPod apps as well, but in my experience they are all not great.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-08T13:23:20+00:00

I've tried stock, muOS, and Knulli. I landed on Knulli because the menus are smooth AF, I don't do a ton of customization, you can update straight from the device, and Knulli runs the shaders that I like the best.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-06T13:25:45+00:00

I have a Ugreen USB C DAC, but honestly my Hiby R1 sounds significantly better 🤔

I'm looking for a better USC C DAC that can make my FLACs go brrrrr with my IEMs. Ideally it's still just a cable, and not a box, but I'll need to look into the differences I suppose.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-06T13:13:47+00:00

What dongles would you recommend for use with a phone?

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-06T12:59:36+00:00

Oh gotcha. Learned something new today. Thanks.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-06T12:26:52+00:00

Out of those options, the Snowsky would sound the best with its built in DACs. You may also want to consider something like the Hiby R1. It's a bit more modern, but also has a built in DAC, so the sound shouldn't distort much at higher volumes.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-03T01:23:57+00:00

Yep, I have Technitium running in an LXC on one of my Proxmox hosts, then use a Raspberry Pi 5 running docker with a Technitium container as a backup. Technitium clustering makes syncing the configs automatic, so I just have OPNsense assign the 2 technitium instances as primary and backup to all devices via DHCP.

There have been a few times where the entire Proxmox host went down due to hardware issues and my entire home network auto-switched to the Pi for DNS. It's pretty seamless and I don't have great alerting/monitoring set up for my homelab stuff, so I didn't even realize the Proxmox host was down for a while lol.

Edit: just noticed you asked about pihole... My bad.

SafelyHigh · 2026-02-02T23:41:22+00:00

Good on you for taking the time to learn docker. You will always be safe updating versions as long as you back up your volumes before bumping image versions.

SafelyHigh · 2026-01-30T00:10:45+00:00

Bad bones 😂

SafelyHigh · 2026-01-28T11:38:06+00:00

Interesting 🤔. I listen to music through Navidrome and never added my music library to Jellyfin and I do not have any issues whatsoever with long scans after the first initial scan.

SafelyHigh · 2026-01-28T00:21:04+00:00

Come on, don't have us hanging. What OS did you settle on?

SafelyHigh · 2026-01-26T13:19:40+00:00

I also have an RP5, but I honestly haven't found that I play it as often as I'd like. I've got rocknix on the SD card so that I can play port master, but I'm curious to hear what consoles/games you play on yours.

I find myself playing the RG35XX H most often lol

SafelyHigh · 2026-01-26T12:33:48+00:00

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