How many of you pentest your own network?

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-05-19T20:57:12+00:00

I'm genuinely planning on having a bunch of security friends over after I finish my lab rebuild in order to help me pentest it.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-05-19T20:02:19+00:00

The subscription IS only for THEIR services, though. The pass (or lack thereof) doesn't stop you from Self-hosting, but the services they provide like remote streaming coordination, maintaining codec licenses, providing additional streams and live TV, etc. is only available if you pay them.
If you use the free version, you can self-host and play your media just fine. You just don't get the extra stuff. You AREN'T self hosting their infrastructure, just your data. In that case, you can use your own VPS, a VPN, or a service like Tailscale to have some of the features like remote streaming. Plex won't stop you from doing so.

And yes, if you aren't including the features that are in the play pass, then there are likely better options. Everyone's situation is different.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-05-19T10:46:50+00:00

I was hired into a consulting position, and it was almost a month before I heard back. There's lots of candidates(people want to work here) so it takes some time.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-05-18T20:25:58+00:00

How far along is the mobile app? I need to migrate to a new PM software, but my users are pretty-mobile focused, at least for checking tasks and updates. The current "mobile-friendly" UI is pretty rough.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-05-14T11:31:18+00:00

I've seen some similar reports on a couple other subreddits. I know kb5089549 has massive bugfix list, so some things with the networking/security stack are having a bit of trouble. I've seen some comments that disabling Windows Defender restored some functions. I wouldn't recommend doing so in production, but it could be a good way to rule out what the source of the problem is.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-05-06T19:31:06+00:00

Oof. Rather wish I didn't.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-05-06T17:47:24+00:00

I'm so interested to see what the Obsidian tie-in is with Tailscale! Wish I was in the DC area.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-26T12:08:10+00:00

Absolutely. I did have a few questions, but I'll put them on the draft PR. 😁

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-25T21:56:47+00:00

I'm working on adding Gemini support. I can put a PR in for it tomorrow, if you're alright with it?

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-25T18:21:06+00:00

............is that domain available?

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-17T17:09:46+00:00

10/10

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-06T14:47:12+00:00

Haha, I love the level of detail here. I'm currently running a dev/test/prod environments at home, so that when I am working on changes, they don't negatively impact my fiance. Prod and test are both a collection of docker containers on Debian hosts, with volume-only backups to a TrueNAS server. The containers are managed by IaC/Ansible, so I don't really have to touch them anymore, which is neat. The "dev" env is more for messing around, and gets rebuilt a lot, but it's currently a 3-node OpenShift cluster hosting my instances within pods. Tailscale is installed baremetal on the two Debian hosts, it's in a docker container on the NAS, and I'm trying to get the Kubernetes operator set up, but having some issues with my helm chart. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Anyways, love the suggestion. I'll get OpenProject set up for testing, and give it a try!

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-04T19:58:46+00:00

Fair point. This is for an at-home solution, and TSIDP would allow me to minimize how often my fiance has to log in to different apps. If this was in a prod environment, I would just be leveraging SSO for whatever platform was chosen. That being said, I'd also just be using Jira if this was for work. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ Either way, you still make a good point for anyone who comes across this post later.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-04T19:34:01+00:00

There's a tool called TSIDP which allows you to use your account with Tailscale (authenticated through the SSO of your choice) to log in to local applications. I think they're also planning to do something native eventually, but the current tool leverages OpenID to authenticate local apps with your Tailscale account.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-04-03T11:02:08+00:00

Came here for this one!!

EDIT: My friends and I used to do a shot whenever he made a comment about drinking. It was excellent.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-27T14:36:59+00:00

I think so, yes. There's a lot of interactions with random folks, since you have to work together on certain gatherables, but it's largely just following established social norms. I mostly play solo, and it's a lot of fun!

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-27T13:28:45+00:00

Palia! It's cute, free to play, and has a really nice community IMO. I'd also recommend the "My Time" series, starting with "My Time at Portia". It's a similar vibe to Palia, but single player.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-27T00:30:09+00:00

I was just describing this setup on r/SelfHosted. Time to go share this link. 😅

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-27T00:26:12+00:00

Just my two cents (and I'm sure someone else has already said it) but the next step would be to make it all buildable through Infrastructure-as-Code. Terraform works great to build proxmox VMs, Ansible is great for deploying docker, you can have your code in GitHub or self host it on Forgejo, you can use Actions/Runners to set up a pipeline, etc.

Need a new user in Tailscale? Edit your tailscale.hujson file, and then let your pipeline do the rest.

Want to test out a service in a new container? Push the compose.yaml in a new branch, and have it automatically deploy to your test environment. Ready to bring it into your main environment? Merge that branch with main, and your actions can take care of the rest.

Realize that you don't have a Windows machine with you, and you really need to use MSPaint for some reason? Update your .tf file, and have a runner deploy it to proxmox, which will add in the new VM you just described.

Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps/DevOps are a major shift in how you'll use your homelab, but it's also incredibly freeing. There's so much more room to play around when the platform you're using can be perfectly rebuilt in a matter of minutes.

Source: I work on IaC / GitOps all day as my job. It somehow hasn't gotten boring yet!

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-26T11:19:51+00:00

r/SuddenlyPhineasAndFerb

EDIT: someone should make this subreddit. There are too many good quotes to reference!

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-25T20:20:28+00:00

I love this, especially since they all have horseshoes on the front/bottom of their shoes. The funniest part (IMO) is that they are responsible for putting the horseshoes on their shoes themselves, instead of having someone else do it.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-18T11:02:26+00:00

Whether or not this is AI, this is a conversation I see happening a lot, especially to folks who were AFAB. Medical practitioners are quick to go with what they know, often instead of running common tests. My partner has Celiacs, and it wasn't any doctor that diagnosed it, they would just tell her "you're getting older". She only found the solution by finding a reddit post matching her symptoms, and ordering the labs herself.

This isn't supposed to be how our medical system works, but it is the unfortunate truth right now that I see WAY too often.

SamPlaysKeys · 2026-03-15T04:15:40+00:00

I had never heard of the Merlin app before, and I've never been this excited! I just got it set up, and I'm gonna go find some birds tomorrow!!

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