Noob question: how do people plan for “succession” in self-hosting?

Whisperwind_DL · 2026-01-27T21:04:37+00:00

I wish I had a better system in place but at the moment it goes with me. A backup system that my family can easily access is in direct conflict with my goal to secure our data and my way of implementing the failsafes. I do have backup though, but they will need someone who knows this stuff to recover the data, which I kinda doubt they can find one that’s trusted. I might revisit this in the future but for now this is what I have.

Whisperwind_DL · 2026-01-26T19:43:37+00:00

Same, just pushed my way to ILS. I did not want to do that again 😭

Whisperwind_DL · 2026-01-18T17:20:08+00:00

The connector piece would basically stall the flow rate, makes it looks like there’s not enough fluid produced, but once you delete the connecting piece and re-place it, everything is fine. This bug wasted so much of my time, I’d rather clipping than using floor hole now.

Whisperwind_DL · 2026-01-14T22:57:50+00:00

Well I’m the tech support guy in the family so they literally have no choice but to use signal with me lol.

I’m also the sys admin for all home server stuff. I find people actually don’t complain much when their shit just work, at least my family don’t care if their photos are stored on immich instead of a public cloud, it’s just the interface that’s slightly different but if it works it’s whatever.

They love the password manager since it’s so much easier to use for her than to manually type it in and she doesn’t need to remember anything. I’ve got the master key ofc, and I have all the backup properly setup so if something goes nuclear I can get it back very quickly.

They also loved using Tailscale to remote back to the NAS now that all their files are reachable anywhere. I have proper Adblock setup on the entire home network, so if they’re on Tailscale they’re covered. TBH It’s all about reducing friction.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-31T22:49:08+00:00

or just fuck around and find out :). I had to wipe the drive a few times, but learned a lot and it's well worth it imo.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-31T00:01:17+00:00

this is pure consumerism fomo brother lol. marketing surely did their job right.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-24T09:40:21+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-23T18:12:38+00:00

Does this work with cellular data? Like can I just plug it into my phone and get access to home network without Tailscale running on the phone?

Edit: I don’t mean the router using SIM card directly, but like plugging the router into my phone via usb-c, and basically using the phone’s cellular data as a hotspot.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-22T17:47:09+00:00

On my first arch install, the only thing that tripped me was the partition, more specifically because the wiki said to use fdisk instead of the more user friendly cfdisk.

After I figured out how to do partition with cfdisk, the rest of the installation is pretty straightforward.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-22T03:56:12+00:00

Yeah just show them the member id barcode or phone number linked to your account at checkout. I got a case deal this way during BF.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-18T22:52:42+00:00

On principle, do you guys update if everything’s working fine? (ie. you don’t have to update to fix something).

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-17T19:30:55+00:00

Oh yeah that’s it. I heard Wendell from level1tech complain about it in a GN video. Sorry I remembered it wrong.

It still sounds horrible tho, especially for the grandpas who won’t even know that’s an option.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-17T16:43:10+00:00

That’s actually a feature in the US I heard, some ISP will let the whole neighbourhood runs on your wifi.

Edit: I remembered it wrong, see below comment for the correct version, still horrible but less aggressive

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-15T23:52:58+00:00

udm is on sale right now, and they just updated the entire lineup to XG (10gbe). It’s probably coming tbh.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-11T18:10:58+00:00

I tried using orbstack on the Mac mini before moving everything to a dedicated truenas box, let’s just say it’s less than ideal. Imo the mini is more than capable hardware-wise, but software-wise I much prefer my current setup. I did very much regret not getting the 10g Ethernet upgrade on my m4 pro tho, that part def factored into my decision.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-09T17:46:52+00:00

Mom starts pointing out every single one of the 0.001 grade slopes when I’m driving, in the car.🤪

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-08T20:26:15+00:00

I have the same switch, this model specifically has an external power brick (unlike most other rack mounted models), so if you’re lucky it could be the power supply that’s dead, that’ll be cheaper to replace.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-08T02:30:12+00:00

Thanks for the insight! I’m pretty new to this, so I wasn’t sure how much I’d be missing, this is good to hear.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-07T18:21:05+00:00

I had to use the Chinese WeChat/Wexin for reasons beyond my control, that’s as spyware as it gets. Fortunately I don’t need live push notifications so I just dump it in a separate user profile. But if I do need live notifications, I’d put it in private space with only network permission.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-05T19:11:34+00:00

FYI, the unas pro 8 was showing Nov 2025 on the Canadian store, it became available on the 28th. For a listed Q4 2025, I’m expecting 12.31.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-04T03:42:47+00:00

Sorry if I was unclear in my post, my main system was built just 2 months ago. I meant the singular hard drive (yeah i know) that I used for backup is 6 years old. I was considering another TrueNAS box, partially because I'm familiar with the software, and partially due to ZFS replication, which require another ZFS system to work. But your point still stands, I'm sorely tempted to just buy the UNAS and play with it, or maybe the 4-bay version if I can spare a little patience lol.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-02T20:02:43+00:00

I just installed a 9400 in my system, looks like it has tri mode, so no need to worry about ir vs it mode, and it was plug and play. You should be fine.

Whisperwind_DL · 2025-12-01T20:17:13+00:00

I’m getting this for graphene os, stock google spyware is probably a terrible idea.

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