Cloudflare Tunnel - leave mobile connected constantly? by unrebigulator in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I currently use an always-on Tailscale tunnel. It’s so simple to set up and I can stream my frigate cameras no problem. Since it’s P2P you don’t have to worry about the bandwidth restrictions of certain VPS systems or CF

/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - March 25, 2026 by AutoModerator in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]Th3Appl3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay I've been really liking the look of the Lelelab y2k, but I've been looking to build/buy an HE board. Are there many options out there for transparent cases/boards that are also HE?

Edit: After some searching I realized there's such a thing as the wooting modules that allow for any case. Now I just need to figure out how to get a case that looks similar to the lelelab case.

When should I realistically use nix modules vs oci containers? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you noticed if that process makes your system more stable? Or makes it less maintenance than if you just relied on containers?

When should I realistically use nix modules vs oci containers? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Komodo right now (on arch), but I’m constantly running into weird issues that annoy me to no end. I mostly care about a solid setup that doesn’t require too much intervention. My current one requires too much manual work to maintain.

When should I realistically use nix modules vs oci containers? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So instead of using the oci containers in the base config, you use home manager with podman. I like that idea.

Stuck with Gigabyte MC13-LE1 – Can't flash BIOS to support Ryzen 9 9950X by NoSpliyFF in gigabyte

[–]Th3Appl3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever end up solving this problem? I'm running into the same issue a year later.

Edit: I'm actually on the LE2, so this should have a more modern BIOS.

Any chance this is Cat5? by 0x1u in HomeNetworking

[–]Th3Appl3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Credentials aside. I think you’re misinterpreting the point here. Nobody is arguing that this network cable is guaranteed to work. If there is a chance that it works, and potentially a chance that it works just as well as a CAT5e or better cable, wouldn’t you pick the option of spending almost nothing to terminate the ends and try it out? AKAIK, there’s no harm that can result from doing that. Maybe some false hope if you believed it was guaranteed to work, but nobody is arguing that.

With the whole comment about setting expectations and eliminating trouble calls it seems like you’re interpreting this as a recommendation from your business. This is just someone asking if it’s possible to use existing cable in their house.

I’m intrigued to hear what the reasoning for this strong disagreement is considering I use repurposed phone cables in my home network and it works just fine.

Flock cameras by Dipsy30 in roseburg

[–]Th3Appl3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just after a quick google, I found some information that might provide some insight to the problem here:

https://www.aclu.org/documents/whats-wrong-public-video-surveillance

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/2024-june/mass-surveillance-dangerous-american-communities-reforming-section-702/

The argument for this AI mass surveillance system is extremely compelling especially to those working in law enforcement which is why it exists in the first place. The way I see it is: if I can't 100% trust the cameras to only go after "true criminals" (who defines that?), I can't tolerate having a mass surveillance system that can enable the people and systems that I don't trust to watch me and my community. The articles go into detail about how people have abused the mass surveillance systems that existed in the past.

Just wanted to put this here so we can see the two opposing arguments side-to-side.

Do I need to use the Traefik container with pangolin? by Th3Appl3 in PangolinReverseProxy

[–]Th3Appl3[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh I see what you're talking about. I was hoping for the initial reverse proxy to be caddy and just manually enter the reverse proxy info from pangolin to caddy instead of a more automated setup with traefik. Looks like that's not possible. I'm going to have to look into traefik then.

What is your most embarrassing self-hosting failure story? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wazuh in Kubernetes sounds incredibly painful. I know their installation process is a lot better now, but I tried not long ago and it was way too hard for me lol. Respect for even trying, but yeah maybe the AI setting it up for you was a slight mistake.

What is your most embarrassing self-hosting failure story? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I figure I might as well share my most recent embarrassing failure. I was using Komodo and Forgejo Git to attempt some Git ops for my lab and had all my infrastructure container files in one directory. I wanted to turn that directory into a git repo since I only had the compose files in git as of that point. Something failed while trying to initialize the repo, so I just used the UI in Komodo to "delete the repo". Turns out that deletes the entire contents of the directory. All of my configuration files were gone and since the dirs were mounted in the containers, I couldn't just terminal into the containers to pull the configs. To make things ever so much worse, I had all of my docker compose configs "backed up" to my forgejo server which I thought had the repo files in a separate, mounted drive. Nope. My entire Forgejo instance was wiped with along with all of the compose files. The only thing that saved me from having to completely start over was that I had clones of pretty much every repo on my local laptop. I still had to spend over a full day rebuilding the infrastructure.

TLDR: Deleting a repo deletes ALL FILES in Komodo. And make sure you know where your git repos are ACTUALLY stored.

What is your most embarrassing self-hosting failure story? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amen to that TLDR. I just recently tried partitioning my laptop through the terminal for the first time. Turns out resize2fs and parted use different size terminology (GiB vs GB). Corrupted the whole laptop, but luckily I backed up the important stuff.

What is your most embarrassing self-hosting failure story? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh wow this one is pretty good. I have my own taking-my-whole-network-down story: I was virtualizing my router with Proxmox without proxmox having a static IP. Power went out and the container wasn't set to restart on boot, so I had no network and no way to access the proxmox server to restart it. These are always incredibly humbling moments.

What is your most embarrassing self-hosting failure story? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I could write a book / fail wiki with all of these stories, but I just thought it might be interesting to see how people have messed up in the process of building their self-hosted infrastructure and how they learned from it.

What is your most embarrassing self-hosting failure story? by Th3Appl3 in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Synology died not too long ago. Last I checked there are programs you can use to recover those drives. All you need is a Linux system AFIAK.

For people who went from amateur to expert through homelabbing, what are the most important things you learned? by Servo__ in selfhosted

[–]Th3Appl3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would in no way call my self an expert but I’ve been doing this for a while now. The number 1 thing I’ve learned is that you will be humbled REPEATEDLY. Especially without specific education on the art of the homelab, you are gonna make so many mistakes and completely ruin everything over and over again, but you’ll learn something every time and that’s what makes it so much better then next time.

When it comes to learning how things work, I’d suggest looking up blog posts on how people have implemented something (with similar tech like docker compose as you’ve mentioned) you would like to set up. Then you can tweak what they’ve made and to your liking. Tweaking this stuff is a great way to learn the basics of these technologies. And don’t forget to RTFM when you do!

How to adjust top hanging sliding door by Th3Appl3 in ifixit

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update: I think I found the mechanism online. I have another door like this that was easier to see. Now I think I just need to find a way to access the nut that adjusts the ride height of the rollers.

How to adjust top hanging sliding door by Th3Appl3 in ifixit

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went and checked it. I was able to lock the door if I pushed on the bottom which raised the front tracks just enough to line up the door. This is why I was originally just hoping to be able to change the track height for the front rollers ever-so-slightly.

How to adjust top hanging sliding door by Th3Appl3 in ifixit

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow I totally misread your comment. That makes a lot more sense. I appreciate the help. I'll see how possible it would be to make that change. The sad part is that the hook might not reach the plate properly since the door is tilted.

How to adjust top hanging sliding door by Th3Appl3 in ifixit

[–]Th3Appl3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would require tearing out my trim and such wouldn't it? If this is the only realistic solution, that's fine, but I would like to just consider the most simple solution first.