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1 year agoI used to use teamviewer for this. But considering it’s locked to a VPN, Teamviewer would probably route through the VPN and cause latency, unless standard traffic is still flowing through your own gateway instead of the VPN. a pikvm is probably the best option. More private, better connection quality, and it would be difficult for the company to detect.
plex is my main purpose for self hosting and always has been. Also i’m a sr systems engineer, so my selfhosting environment is also for experimenting with things for my career. I was trying make my media accessible to friends since 2009 or so, back when the Boxee came out. I’ve made use of the *arrs. overseerr, so my people can just request content from there instead of piling up a wish list to dump on me out of the blue.
outside of media, these prove useful for life and my career (that aren’t just supporting the homelab)
I use synology for my storage and i like their email server / webmail.
syncthing i use for keeping my emulator saves in sync across all my devices, as well as some documents.
vaultwarden
privatebin (vault warden has this feature… but i don’t want my vaultwarden directly exposed)
usememos is my favorite quick note app. i like obsidian but i can’t get behind it until it’s web friendly. I know someone built a docker image of obsidian that runs from a webtop but egh it’s ugly. The ipad app is nice though. There are some other options that are closer to obsidian, but I just really like usememos.
slash is nice link shortener which lets you view metrics for the links you create. I think it’s made by one of the team members that made usememos.
resumeRX. I apply for different types of roles so i have several different resumes I need to tailor for different positions.
immich. just because i refuse to pay for apple/google photos storage and using enough space to be forced to keep using them.
phpipam/netbox. i like documenting my network but not in a spreadsheet.
duplicati. local and cloud backups
drawio. just a self hosted version of the web drawio. can’t be making diagrams containing sensitive information on some random publicly hosted server.
actualbudget. it’s helpful, but I still wish there was a better option for this. I know there is firefly III. actualbudget is cleaner and easier to navigate.
metube. i’m’ always needing to download youtube videos for some reason or another.
gitlab
planka (my wife and I both use this… basically trello)
Home assistant. I’ve got a lot automated. Mostly for fun, but still makes my life easier. My window shades, lights, fans, bathroom fans, TVs, presence sensors, A/C, garage doors, fridge, cameras, doorbell are all in node-red. My windows all close and lights turn off if my wife and I are both away unless there is a guest. etc. the windows open if it’s stormy (I love storms). bathroom fans come on when the humidity hits a threshold, my garage lights come on if a person or car is in my driveway, but not a squirrel or bird, etc.