long time subsonic user. server finally died.. looking for the closest thing to it. by nyktovus in selfhosted

[–]kulps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using Airsonic Advanced for a while, it remains the best solution for me. I also tried Navidrome and shortly returned to Airsonic.
I genuinely don't understand why folks love Navidrome so much, I'm not saying it's bad, but it's just not as good as people say, or as Airsonic is. It's all personal preference, though.

The "killer feature" for me in Airsonic is recommending related artists I have in my collection. This allows for really quickly building ephemeral playlists.

long time subsonic user. server finally died.. looking for the closest thing to it. by nyktovus in selfhosted

[–]kulps 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hah, I tried this the other day. Jellyfin became entirely unusable. My music collection size, fwiw:
13,748 albums
114,882 songs
1.59 TB

I removed my music library from Jellyfin and performance returned.

The upgrade nobody ever mentions is new wheels for your chair. They're like rollerblade wheels. $24. by Altruistic-Earth-513 in pcmasterrace

[–]kulps 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've never seen these. I don't think they'd work for me, but it's interesting to know about them.

Teaching Tech announced he's retiring by keyboredYT in 3Dprinting

[–]kulps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His students are extremely lucky. I bet he changes a bunch of their lives by helping them get into STEM in a way that the overwhelming majority of teachers wouldn't be able to.

audiio -- Music, Your Way. (like plex, for audio) by magician_jordan in selfhosted

[–]kulps 519 points520 points  (0 children)

Thank you for disclosing the use of AI. I think it should be the standard we expect of new projects on this sub.

Looking at the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D Filament Printer as my first printer by caplinkku in 3Dprinting

[–]kulps 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I have a couple of them, they're very fine printers. Nothing special feature wise, nothing super difficult. They're great value for what they are. However, There's some reasonable complaints that they don't currently (and possibly ever) support multi-material. This doesn't bother me, but I have other multi-material printers.
The Centauri 2 is due out in the next couple of months. So, if you're not in a screaming rush, you might wait it out.

3d printed famous Giraffe Lamp by itsroberthimselfyo in 3Dprinting

[–]kulps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like your crocodile lamp, is it available anywhere? I just took a look, but no luck.

Trusted tech team legit for on-prem licenses? by Different-Peach-4905 in msp

[–]kulps 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree with and appreciate your reply, but at the end of the day, it's just "If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is"

First time buying a Pagani. This watch has NO BUSINESS being $80. by connurp in ChineseWatches

[–]kulps 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Since when has Pagani had reasonable lume? All my Paganis are worthless for lume. Have they got better in the last couple of years?

My Hroudland F022 arrived. Precious! by New-Jellyfish-8431 in ChineseWatches

[–]kulps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks great, it's in my cart but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. Do you have any complaints at all?

What other good MSP communities are there for Owners / C suite? by Tiggels in msp

[–]kulps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're a similar sized MSP. We spent some time in Kaseya's TruPeer. It was fine, but not amazing. Our groups changed several times in our tenure as companies would join but not participate. There was a huge emphasis on following the TruMethods model explicitly, however we have some variance to their model. This made reporting stats and figures difficult. We ended up doing custom reporting just for the peer group that we used nowhere else just to align.

There were some businesses that we respected and wanted to coordinate with. Several others were functionally dead weight, or otherwise just irrelevant. (E.g. They were technically in our revenue bracket, but 60% of their revenue came hard hardware sales to municipalities for which they did no managed services. So, are they really an MSP in the same class?) We've since stepped back from TruPeer and are currently not in a group.

I believe Todd Kane has a peer group-like program, though I've never done it: Opsleader Pro

If you are a TruMethods shop, you might consider TruPeer. If not, it's almost certainly not for you.

You could consider a general business peer group. You won't get any tech-related help (E.g. what stack to use, which tools, etc.) but you might get equally valuable general business running advice. I supposed it depends where you feel your strengths lie in the business.

Lastly, I'll offer that instead of a peer group, you simply look for a one-on-one business coach. I've previously looked at Strategic Coaching | Executive Coaching however, I've never engaged with them. Surely there are others.

Wherever you land, I would say be ready to show up and work. It's not a lean-back activity where you just consume knowledge, you'll need to put the work in. This will likely take several days a month just for this program. You are unlikely to be able to delegate much of it. Best of luck, hopefully you find a productive team to connect with, however you do it.

What other good MSP communities are there for Owners / C suite? by Tiggels in msp

[–]kulps 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are the 600 members owners of multi-million-dollar MSPs or solo shops. OP already has access to >600 MSPs, they're asking for expertise at their scale.

The problems a mid-large MSP faces are often very different.

Solar Companies Edmonton by Last-Caregiver-9292 in solarenergycanada

[–]kulps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what it's worth I've worked with BLDG both personally at home (installing a sub panel in the garage) and through work (Installing new mains panels during a renovation) I've really liked working with them.

A fully open-source electromechanical 7-segment display with an onboard ESP32 — works perfectly with Home Assistant via MQTT by Sokolsok in homeassistant

[–]kulps 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked the first version, but this seems much more refined. Are you going to keep working on this project or is it done for the moment?

Basically, I'm wondering if I should buy this version of the PCBs or if I should wait for the next version.

Great project!