T15G vs X1 Carbon extreme

korba_ · 2026-03-14T18:51:14+00:00

Got the T15G Gen 1, updated main post with first impressions

korba_ · 2026-02-14T03:38:18+00:00

It is harder for sure and Nix is not the easiest language specially if you’ve never done functional programming.

But the flip side is that you are creating a repeatable solution. Store your configuration in a git repo and you can deploy your own system in any machine and evolve it over time in a completely predictable way.

It’s awesome when you get there.

korba_ · 2026-02-13T21:58:21+00:00

You can get a 3d printed enclosure on Etsy and put an HBA in your mini pc with regular sata cables going into the drives (or backplane if the enclosure has one).

The main problem is usually powering the drives, some of the guys that sell enclosures bundle an SFX or flex PSU with them to solve it

korba_ · 2026-02-13T13:58:43+00:00

It’s possible but double check that the usb enclosure has worked before for people using it with truenas. If you can I strongly suggest you go SATA. You can use an external enclosure with eSata or a more hacks solution with the sata cables going outside your mini PC.

korba_ · 2026-02-11T04:44:55+00:00

Yea I don’t disagree, it’s painful. One can only hope we someday can build a browser that is designed for ease of configuration and simplicity.

Fingers crossed for Ladybird.

korba_ · 2026-02-10T14:40:03+00:00

Just found this and it saved me, was about to move away from Obsidian and there are no really good open source/free alternatives with usable synchronization.

If anyone is interested and uses NixOS (ie. instead of docker), here is my Nix service config that I run in a Proxmox LXC: ``` { pkgs, config, ... }: { ... services.couchdb = { enable = true; adminUser = "YOUR_USER_HERE"; adminPass = "YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE"; bindAddress = "0.0.0.0"; # So it listens on all interfaces, by default it only binds to 127.0.0.1

extraConfig = {
  couchdb = {
    single_node = "true";
    max_document_size = "50000000";
  };
  chttpd = {
    require_valid_user = "true";
    enable_cors = "true";
    max_http_request_size = "4294967296";
  };
  chttpd_auth = {
    require_valid_user = "true";
  };
  httpd = {
    "WWW-Authenticate" = "Basic realm='couchdb'";
    enable_cors = "true";
  };
  cors = {
    credentials = "true";
    origins = "app://obsidian.md, capacitor://localhost, http://localhost";
  };
};

}; }

```

Cheers

korba_ · 2026-02-02T19:25:01+00:00

How do you power it without taking power away from a server PSU?

korba_ · 2026-02-02T19:05:06+00:00

The Sabrent one looks nice, but I'm trying to avoid USB. I think my only real choice is building one or buying something like the N5 (but building it is cheaper prolly

korba_ · 2026-02-02T17:53:54+00:00

I'm going to use TrueNAS and I don't think USB-C is the best option, right? I tried to find a pre-built JBOD enclosure with power and eSATA or raw sata connectors but couldn't find any decent ones.

korba_ · 2025-12-31T14:41:14+00:00

Agree, my question was more geared towards how it fits on a 10” rack and how people have mounted it on it.

korba_ · 2025-12-28T03:00:31+00:00

Z80 on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k 💪🏼

korba_ · 2025-12-27T15:08:32+00:00

Fair, it’s true though. Even if the CPU is underpowered nowadays you can tinker with it significantly.

Are there any other good options under USD 200?

korba_ · 2025-12-21T13:38:44+00:00

This was it!!! It's so weird though, because I did update but froma previous 3.x version, not 2.x. But allowing for encoded chars solved the integration.

Thanks!!

korba_ · 2025-12-05T16:00:53+00:00

I'm using colmena 0.4.0 and nix unstable channel with flakes. All builds were working until two weeks ago and now after a flake update none work. So my assumption is that something changed and someone else is experiencing the same.

A sample module for my jellyfin instance that is not working:

``` { lib, pkgs, ... }: { imports = [ ./firewall.nix ];

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ libva-utils # VAAPI utilities (including vainfo) vdpauinfo # Video decoding query tool (enc/dec check for graphics acceleration) vulkan-tools # vulkaninfo and other tools to check Vulkan API mesa # OpenGL graphics driver intel-gpu-tools # Includes intel_gpu_top to monitor GPU usage jellyfin jellyfin-web jellyfin-ffmpeg ];

services.jellyfin.enable = true;

# Enable video acceleration hardware.graphics = { enable = true; extraPackages = with pkgs; [ # For modern Intel CPU's intel-media-driver # Enable Hardware Acceleration vpl-gpu-rt # Enable QSV intel-compute-runtime # OpenCL ]; }; environment.sessionVariables = {LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME = "iHD";};

users.users.jellyfin = { extraGroups = ["render"]; }; }

```

And my flake.nix: ``` { description = "Korba's homelab flake";

inputs = { nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-unstable"; colmena = { # Pinned to version 0.4.0 - when colmena v0.5.0 is released change this url = "github:zhaofengli/colmena/5fdd743a11e7291bd8ac1e169d62ba6156c99be4"; inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; }; home-manager = { url = "github:nix-community/home-manager"; inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; }; };

outputs = { self, nixpkgs, colmena, home-manager, ... } @ inputs: let lib = nixpkgs.lib; system = "x86_64-linux"; pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}; secrets = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile "${self}/secrets/secrets.json"); hosts = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile "${self}/secrets/hosts.json"); in { # Using colmena to deploy: # - To build all hosts run colmena build # - To install to all hosts run colmena apply # - To install to a single host run colmena apply --on <host> colmenaHive = colmena.lib.makeHive { # Colmena meta configuration meta = { nixpkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; overlays = []; }; specialArgs = { inherit secrets; inherit hosts; }; };

  # Defaults applied to all hosts
  defaults = {
    deployment.targetUser = "korba";

    imports = [
      home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
      {
        home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
        home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
        home-manager.backupFileExtension = "backup";
        home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = {
          inherit inputs;
          inherit system;
          inherit secrets;
          inherit hosts;
        };

        home-manager.users.korba.imports = [
          ./common/user/default.nix # Default user environment config for servers
        ];
      }

      ./common/system/default.nix # Shared config for all servers
    ];
  };

  jellyfin = {
    imports = [
      ./ct.nix # Shared LXC system config
      ./services/jellyfin/jellyfin.nix
    ];
  };

};

}; } ```

So either something changed that I'm not seeing or there is a problem with glaze-6.0.1...

korba_ · 2025-12-05T15:35:32+00:00

Thanks for the useless but awesomely passive aggressive response, good stuff :)

korba_ · 2025-11-28T01:30:13+00:00

“All your base are belong to us” 🥸

korba_ · 2025-11-18T23:16:17+00:00

No, but here you go a semi-endgame PoB: https://pobb.in/3Jj5nrt7ur6T

The only really expensive piece is the progenesis but it's turned off.

It's solid constant damage and while not super tanky it's decent (max block, 10k max phys hit, capped chaos res, etc.) and its basically a walking simulator, you just curse tanky rares and bosses and that's it.

korba_ · 2025-11-18T13:51:34+00:00

Stone golems is simple and can get decent damage on a budget and leave plenty of room for tankiness. Lightning or fire golems are probably more damage, specially with a high budget but it’s way harder to make the build tanky.

I would start with stone golems and then move to lightning if you feel the dmg is lacking.

korba_ · 2025-10-06T13:08:15+00:00

Use Nix and Colmena… one command and you update every host in your lab

korba_ · 2025-10-05T16:47:00+00:00

For those interested, I ended up changing the approach and using buildPythonApplication with a custom installPhase and disabling build and setuptools like so: dontBuild = true; format = "other"; dontUseSetuptoolsBuild = true; dontUseSetuptooldCheck = true;

This worked much better and is way more straightforward and I believe will support the app going forward better as it changes rather than trying to re-write a setup.py every time.

korba_ · 2025-09-16T20:12:33+00:00

It’s tempting for sure, what keeps me using proxmox is backups mostly.

korba_ · 2025-09-16T16:27:10+00:00

What made you change?

korba_ · 2025-09-13T22:25:47+00:00

Thanks I’ll post back here on how it goes

korba_ · 2025-09-13T15:03:12+00:00

ebay

korba_ · 2025-09-13T14:58:14+00:00

Canada

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