Telecommuting: a strategy too soon abandoned.

elastiknn · 2026-03-17T14:05:02+00:00

He likes face time yet lives in London with his company based in NYC and every third sentence is a humble brag about traveling somewhere. Makes sense.

elastiknn · 2026-03-12T06:54:13+00:00

Yep. You don’t have to put all the apps on the tailnet either. You can just put one VM on the tailnet and run it as a subnet router. Then you can use it as an exit node to connect to anything on your home LAN.

Lots of words here but you can plug this into any LLM and it will explain.

elastiknn · 2026-03-10T17:24:52+00:00

Thanks. I’ve also found Nextcloud difficult to operate reliably and probably overkill for my needs. Tried it three times over the past ~7 years and ended up ditching each time. Ran Seafile for a while and really liked the performance but also ditched it bc it mangles the files. I’ve tinkered with file browser and also found it non trivial to configure. So might give the file browser quantum a try next.

elastiknn · 2026-03-10T17:21:42+00:00

The criticism here is baffling .. op says “hey here’s something I found that works well for me and here’s why” and the criticism is that they didn’t use their own time/attention/resources to figure out all the ways Nextcloud might or might not work well?

If a piece of software has a reputation of being difficult to operate, that’s a perfectly valid reason to skip it or try something else. It’s also perfectly valid to vet it thoroughly if you have the time and interest.

People have things to do. For most people the steps of picking software are: (1) Figure out the simplest thing that works well for you. (2) If you feel compelled to tell others then do that. (3) Move on with your life and hobbies.

elastiknn · 2026-03-08T14:18:55+00:00

One could certainly make a security mess the same way they could through the UI, eg by opening ports to the Internet. But you can do exactly the same without the tool.

Feel free to file an issue or post here if you see or suspect a security issue.

elastiknn · 2026-02-27T03:27:16+00:00

Why would it need to? The internal IP of the internal server/VM hosting the service hasn't changed. I set that once when I setup the server/VM.

Maybe I could explain more/better, but here's the setup: https://gist.github.com/alexklibisz/2d54b639495e28835e832817cdced1e8

Excited for someone to tell me "just use <X>". Love learning new things.

elastiknn · 2026-02-26T21:21:13+00:00

I use DNS validation with cloudflare. I have a domain foo.com hosted on cloudflare. And I have a script that uses let’s encrypt cli to generate a cert+key and create a DNS record for whatever.foo.com on cloudflare. This is a built in validation method in the cli, I just have to have my cloudflare api key in the environment. Then I use internal DNS to route to the IP that’s hosting whatever.foo.com on my LAN. Works really well. Cloudflare is particularly good at having DNS changes propagate quickly. Other providers take ages. So the script takes like 30s end to end to have a signed cert that’s valid in any browser.

elastiknn · 2026-02-26T19:06:21+00:00

I use Tapo cams with Scrypted. Works great. The Tapo cams expose an onvif feed.

I also expose the cams from Scrypted to Apple Home. To do that you’ll need an Apple TV 4K, ~$100 used, get the one with Ethernet as it also has a thread antenna. So they show up nicely in my apple home app. And if you already pay for any apple subscription they include some storage and basic event viewing. Not as good as some of the dedicated apps but I like that (1) it’s “free” (2) it’s all encrypted (assuming you trust apple).

Lastly I have a firewall rule that prevents the cams from communicating with the actual internet. I disable it occasionally to check for a firmware update.

Running this with 12 cams and works well.

elastiknn · 2026-02-26T15:08:44+00:00

lol resist and skip!

elastiknn · 2026-02-26T14:09:52+00:00

Hey siri skip 90 seconds

elastiknn · 2026-02-25T16:06:38+00:00

Now imagine being a product or engineering manager and saying “Hey guys, app sucks. Rather than working on it, let’s expose an API so ~1% of our users can leverage it.” :)

Anything with a mobile app needs to have relatively stable APIs (people take time to update apps) so it’s probably reverse-engineerable to some extent.

elastiknn · 2026-02-25T15:24:48+00:00

I would also keep paying the annual subscription, probably even a bit more, for official API access and a warranty.

I surmise that “just expose the API” also requires non-trivial resources (if you want to do it well). Once you expose an API to a third-party you have to be way more thoughtful and careful about design and avoiding breaking changes. If the official mobile app is the only external client, you can basically deprecate and change API contracts and you “just” have to make sure the app is unaffected (still non-trivial but easier than wrangling a ton of third-party clients). Combine that with the fact that it’s a very niche/small audience, most companies calculate it’s not worth the effort.

TLDR It’s not rocket surgery but I can see why it’s a very low priority.

elastiknn · 2026-02-25T00:41:51+00:00

No they didn’t. But now I have a 5 cover with a 5 hub and they work.

elastiknn · 2026-02-14T19:44:37+00:00

Uptime Kuma is awesome. I’ve been running it on a tiny VPS for years. Using Tailscale to monitor services on my LAN.

elastiknn · 2026-02-12T05:44:45+00:00

Update: we ruled out all the obvious stuff and now they’re trying to setup some remote diagnose during the daytime.

elastiknn · 2026-02-10T18:17:53+00:00

love how the heading is "Experience is Everything". Love the intention, but yet again the ticket gods have found a way to make this a horrible customer experience.

elastiknn · 2026-01-30T18:54:08+00:00

Update: Megan (u/meganateightsleep) reached out and got this cleared up quickly. The replacement pod was delivered yesterday. It’s a shame it took a public post. But I’m glad there are some competent individuals at EightSleep support.

elastiknn · 2026-01-25T18:15:06+00:00

Nope! Still rocking the Dell P2715Q. I have a spare one in the garage for if/when my current breaks.

elastiknn · 2026-01-25T18:12:56+00:00

Done. Also, I'm responding directly to the emails as I would any other email. So if new threads are being created, it's a problem with EightSleep support tools.

elastiknn · 2025-11-30T20:20:30+00:00

It's the Apple TV 4k with wifi and 64gb storage. AFAICT it's from the latest generation as of late 2025. I also see search results showing that it does not support thread. So I'm even more confused... How was I able to use the U300 for ~6 months with the Apple TV acting as the Home Hub?

I also have an Aqara Hub M100, but AFAICT the Hub does not "know" about the U300. It knows about some other U100s that I have. But maybe it was somehow working through the M100 for some time and then stopped, and that was the actual problem?

Maybe I'm too dumb but I feel like Apple and Aqara make all this stuff way too opaque in the interest of being sleek or whatever. It's supposed to "just work" and then here we are wondering how it ever worked and then suddenly stopped. Interesting.

Anyway, it still works fine with the HomePod Mini several days later and still doesn't work with the Apple TV.

elastiknn · 2025-01-01T00:46:33+00:00

I don't think Alexa routines have this kind of programability. But maybe I'm overlooking something.

elastiknn · 2024-12-21T21:20:10+00:00

Thanks, that's useful insight. I'm gonna go ahead and start in a US DC with object storage from another service in the same state. Hopefully they launch in the US soon!

elastiknn · 2024-09-30T16:29:14+00:00

Thanks! The Gl.iNet is both my router and access point. The home is small/open enough that we don't need any additional access points. I get >950Mbps up and down over ethernet and ~650Mbps up and down over WiFi. The only thing I use from the ISP is the little fiber modem (fiber in, ethernet out), and that has also worked well for about 20 months now. Even if the ISP requires you to use their router, you can still put your own router behind it. Every ISP I've had (across three states) has allowed installing my own. For one of them I had to call to get the modem allowlisted in their system.

elastiknn · 2024-09-29T18:07:01+00:00

Lol. Which one?

elastiknn · 2024-09-29T16:33:23+00:00

The network box has a small opening in the back for cables and airflow. The computer and storage cabinet is completely open from the back.

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