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I used to have the UniFi one but sold it because we were supposed to be moving and a smart US PDU in the UK wasn’t going to be much use. I enjoyed that one but tbh I haven’t really missed it that much.
Definitely nice to have to but absolutely not essential.

2026-08-16 20:18:23 CEST

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Yeah, about 5f 11" of headroom. Not exactly glamorous but the temps are stable and humidity is controlled via a dehumidifer.
I go down there maybe once or twice a month for 10 mins. Computers don't seem to mind it.
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2026-08-16 18:41:04 CEST

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I can’t fit a 42u down there due to height limitations. So I’d have to 32 or 27 which is still huge

2026-08-16 05:59:59 CEST

I think it's getting to the point I should be seriously considering a real, proper, big boy rack. (Writing this up makes me think a Homelab tour video is in order).
Top row - Unifi UCG Fiber Gateway with WAF110 + Anker USB-C power station
Row 2 - PDU
Row 3 - 3x m90q in proxmox cluster with 64gb RAM each (from the before times) plus 3x 1tb nvme ceph cluster each node has a sfp+ NIC, PiKVM with 4 port switcher (love this thing)
Row 4 - Unifi 10 gig agg
Row 5 - Patch
Row 6 - USW 48 Pro Max (screamin' FB marketplace deal, such an awesome switch)
Row 7 - Unifi NVR
Row 8 - Zimaboard (running DNS, my network VIP, a few other core services split in HA with a Pi5 upstairs), Framework desktop as my primary dev workstation all via SSH.
#selfhosting #selfhosted #proxmox #unifi #cluster
Out of shot, my NAS which I document here - https://perfectmediaserver.com/01-overview/alexs-example-builds/
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2026-08-16 05:54:22 CEST

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it really is, and continues to be one of my biggest daily surprises. It wounds that the shite sugar bread (standard white loaf) here is like $4 these days. Bring me a Hovis for £1.

2026-08-16 02:29:40 CEST

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very much so

2026-08-16 01:47:01 CEST

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$21

2026-08-16 01:46:58 CEST

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$21

2026-08-16 01:46:41 CEST

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close. $21

2026-08-16 01:46:35 CEST

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$21. TWENTY ONE!

2026-08-15 21:59:30 CEST

The price of food in the US still gets me sometimes.
UK folks, how much do you guess this pack of salami is?
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2026-08-12 06:12:56 CEST

Open heart surgery required on the H2C tonight. Had an inquisitive 5yo helper. Lovely.
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2026-08-10 20:12:46 CEST

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uhmm WELL ACTUALLY this is a big fucking deal

2026-08-10 06:19:06 CEST

This pile of garbage in 2009 was my entire "homelab", with a "modified PSU" to power the cable modems I'd modded. No idea of the specs.
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2026-08-09 18:44:30 CEST

One of the weirdest parts of the human experience is watching everyone around you age, logically knowing that applies to you too, and not feeling a day older than you did 10 years ago. Except for the aches and pains.

2026-08-08 15:18:56 CEST

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I’ll bite.
This isn’t a binary situation though. For example, last week I decided the open source esp32 firmware I wanted to use build my 5yo a plane radar tracker didn’t quite work how I wanted.
I could spend many hours staring at the code, forking the code, and perhaps, maybe, eventually, make it work how I imagined.
Instead, i prompted an LLM, played dolls house with my daughter for 45 mins whilst it did its thing and then flashed the resulting firmware (which it one shot).
The upshot here was I spent more time with daughter, made her something i wouldnt have even attempted before because the time investment was too high and learned a little about esp32 firmwares when i queried what it did.
Idk if this makes me a slave to the tech or not. I mean, we all drive gasoline powered cars around quite happily despite their obvious negatives. And use electricity generated by coal. And eat food with microplastics that was mass produced inhumanely.
My point is, just simply using AI is not necessarily a bad thing in and of itself.
Of course there are bad sides to it. But simply preaching “shame on you” for using a new technology (still in its infancy too!) isnt a good thing either. Things are never going back to how they were, and open weight models do democratize the whole thing.

2026-08-08 00:21:44 CEST

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I’ll manage the cables later. Promise.
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2026-08-08 00:21:14 CEST

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ah yes.
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2026-08-08 00:09:02 CEST

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this libs like a magazine photo. Great job!!

2026-08-07 15:37:46 CEST

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what is it and why is it useful?

2026-08-07 13:33:08 CEST

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it’s kind of hurting my head to think about it

2026-08-07 00:36:07 CEST

Settle a family dinner table argument.
What is fire made of? The combustibles themselves like wood? Or is just … fire 🔥

2026-08-06 15:16:40 CEST

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duuuuude. Break out the celebration snacks.

2026-08-05 19:27:55 CEST

Look what just arrived for review. Minisforum n5 max! LFG
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2026-08-04 04:41:25 CEST

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enjoyable post. A huge win.

2026-08-04 03:11:01 CEST

New guitar day! Guitar center these days is absolutely loaded with used inventory.
This is a 2015 Telecaster modern player plus. Basically, a strat masquerading as a telecaster
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2026-08-03 15:13:38 CEST

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it’s such a good setup! Love it.

2026-08-03 04:56:00 CEST

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the TikTok finger shall never be forgotten

2026-08-03 00:58:58 CEST

The tragedy that is the usb spec, and a tonic to it in today’s video.
I Finally Sorted Out My Box of Mystery USB Cables
https://youtu.be/SyexqtQBpDI

2026-08-02 22:01:57 CEST

I swear everyone of a certain generation had this from their ISP at one point. Fast Ethernet only.
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2026-08-01 17:40:32 CEST

Lunch at chilis for 2, no alcohol. One entree each. $80.
This is what is wrong with the world. Why is everything so damn expensive? It’s really starting to get to me, the corp greed is real.

2026-07-31 22:51:42 CEST

Thanks for the recommendation [@badnetmask](https://hachyderm.io/@badnetmask )
Turns out I have some truly junk cables hanging around.
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2026-07-30 16:34:51 CEST

Surely someone at Apple must appreciate that this is a shit user experience? And most people are just going to click yes regardless?
It's not adding extra security when done en-masse like this after a .x OS update. SO frustrating.
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2026-07-29 01:18:29 CEST

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i see Tailscale I click. What does it need TS for though?

2026-07-28 20:58:36 CEST

Such a crazy development in the guitar world. #guitar #music
https://blog.ktz.me/amp-modelers-are-dead/

2026-07-26 14:28:15 CEST

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and tbh the best open-source projects and code is so often born out of scratching ones personal itches!
“Do-ocracy”, yeah I like that. Open-source maintainers don’t owe anyone a feature or a roadmap. Everyone else benefits from the time they choose to give.
Thank you for everything you and the team have put into Jellyfin.

2026-07-26 01:44:13 CEST

Fun little project this.
https://blog.ktz.me/esp32-plane-radar/

2026-07-25 04:10:47 CEST

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“writer” you mean an ai slop merchant. If something “quietly” did something it’s probably slop.

2026-07-23 03:55:32 CEST

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be honest. This post was written by AI wasn’t it?

2026-07-22 00:50:55 CEST

Jellyfin Just Lost Its Project Leader. What Happens Next?
https://youtu.be/6lZJXmB3x20

2026-07-19 22:27:57 CEST

So glad to see the "what has the BBC ever done for us?" during half time. No mention of Top Gear though? Wonder why!
However, it is a little tragic that a piece like that is needed at all. However, in the face of relentless lies, unsubstantiated nonsense and the double standards that have become the norm in the modern media landscape, I am glad to see the BBC firing back.
I for one, hope the #bbc is always a fixture in our lives.

2026-07-16 20:10:15 CEST

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I want as many things racked as possible. These little 10” ones are a revelation

2026-07-16 05:19:01 CEST

3d printing will always be an incredible gift.
Printed to awesome labrax model to tidy up my lounge media closet.
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2026-07-15 23:12:38 CEST

It's the hope that gets you. #engarg

2026-07-15 17:09:47 CEST

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beginners luck!

2026-07-15 04:28:16 CEST

[@snazzyq](https://threads.net/@snazzyq/ ) in absentia in the iPod vid. Yessssss

2026-07-14 15:31:42 CEST

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you’d want some kind of auth flow that auths to both Tailscale and your JF server at once ideally

2026-07-14 15:30:18 CEST

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I’m petitioning the Neptune dev

2026-07-14 15:26:44 CEST

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the limitation here is that no clients ship with a “connector” in it like Plex does.
If you could shoehorn Tailscale into a client then it’d be even easier for the remote folks.
Until then you’re stuck with putting the Tailscale client app on each playback client who can access your local thing via the Tailnet.
Putting your JF server on the public internet is the only clientless solution and please don’t do that.

2026-07-13 23:05:49 CEST

Migration complete
https://blog.ktz.me/ghost-to-astro/
#selfhosted

2026-07-12 07:02:27 CEST

If I've done this right, my blog is now migrated to a fully static backend using Astro. I didn't do a radical redesign of the theme for the migration MVP, but I did add a better search, an archive and some other small things likely only I'll notice.
But completing this project is a big day, really. This marks the end of my blog being CMS based since before it morphed into what is now LinuxServer.io (before splitting off again a while later). LSIO was just my blog in the earliest days; it's far more than that now, as it should be.
I have maintained this thing consistently since 2013, from the Wordpress beginnings migrating to Ghost on August 17th 2015 (according the DB). I migrated it all the way from pre-1.0 Ghost to the current v6 release. It's been a good run.
But, a couple of months ago my fully patched Ghost instance got popped by two different CVEs in 2 weeks, and it was at that moment I knew I had to drop the CMS.
I flipped the switch tonight and the blog migration is complete. It was a huge task, as you might imagine going through 11+ years of posts with images, tags, and other data too.
I do hope you'll follow the RSS feed over at https://blog.ktz.me for many years to come. Thank you to everyone who read even one word of one post, I owe you all a great gratitude in this life. #selfhosted
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2026-07-08 03:24:16 CEST

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i knoooooooooow

2026-07-08 02:07:30 CEST

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Sold.

2026-07-08 00:54:34 CEST

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you’d be first. $69CAD each (face value) for lawn tickets if you want them they’re yours.

2026-07-08 00:39:34 CEST

do you like jack white?
i have two tickets to go see him at the ampitheatre next week and can't make it (in toronto). angine de poitrine are playing too.
ticketmaster.ca/jack-white-live-2026-toronto-ontario-07-14-2026/event/…

2026-07-06 05:37:28 CEST

Watch party at my house next Saturday evening (England v Norway quarter final). Well probably loose but who cares really?
If you’re in the Raleigh area, drop a DM if you want to come!!

2026-07-05 19:40:30 CEST

Looking at open-noodle/gallery makes me wish that #immich supported plugins.
https://github.com/open-noodle/gallery

2026-07-05 04:19:19 CEST

Fireworks with the little, sat in the bed of our Truck. #teamamerica
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2026-07-04 22:32:17 CEST

When in Rome. #happy4th
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2026-07-03 04:02:47 CEST

Silverstone this weekend. A few years ago I took this shot of a Williams flying through Copse at full speed. An incredible spot to watch these cars, their speed defies belief through there.
If you look closely at the rear wing, you'll note the green FlowViz paint they use during practice sessions to test airflow.
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2026-07-01 23:42:10 CEST

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ok well at any rate, I’m glad it’s back.

2026-07-01 21:43:38 CEST

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oh?

2026-07-01 21:37:52 CEST

Home Assistant 2026.07 brings back the "Update all" button a mere few years after it was pointlessly removed. HUZZAH!!
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2026-06-30 18:29:07 CEST

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“quietly became” is such a tell for AI slop.
Congrats on the coverage but damn.

2026-06-28 19:26:04 CEST

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if a bunch of my stuff is already x264/hevc then is it wise to re-reencode to av1? Probably not right?

2026-06-28 18:39:55 CEST

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a. eBay. If you’re patient with actions not buy it nows
B. 10 total split in to z2 vdevs of 5 each (it’s very much very redundancy heavy)

2026-06-28 15:09:18 CEST

I’m seriously considering shrinking my ZFS pool to protect myself from current hardware pricing.
My primary pool is split into 2 z2 vdevs each presently. 7x 20tb disks + 3x 18tb. The pool is about 62% full.
I could easily delete a ton of media and get it under 40%. And with USED 18tbs on average going for $275 a pop these days, I think that’s just smart.
My doing this I can keep 2-3-4? Drives as spares. Maybe I won’t need them. But I think I’ll worry a bit less about them if I know I can have at least 1-2 spares ready.
Anyone else considering such measures in these testing times?

2026-06-28 05:28:15 CEST

Tonight’s England game was made immeasurably more enjoyable by an appropriately British staple (the real deal imported!!)
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2026-06-27 21:22:53 CEST

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I added a new section (work in progress) to make codec support very obvious.
https://perfectmediaserver.com/jellyfinjune/clients/tvos/#video-and-hdr-signals

2026-06-27 18:23:28 CEST

I’ve put together a “buyers guide” for tvOS Jellyfin clients #jellyfinjune #jellyfin
https://perfectmediaserver.com/jellyfinjune/clients/tvos/

2026-06-25 13:31:46 CEST

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not even infuse?

2026-06-25 13:31:34 CEST

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the new update did change that behavior! Just didn’t fix it.
Now if there’s a setting, why wouldn’t it be the default? :)

2026-06-25 03:19:13 CEST

tvOS clients are a-plenty. But which ones are any good? #jellyfin #jellyfinjune
https://youtu.be/CP9uoA6PX8U

2026-06-24 00:41:19 CEST

Is it hot in the UK? You barely mentioned it.

2026-06-24 00:40:38 CEST

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that is a nice spigot

2026-06-22 21:21:40 CEST

Jellyfin 12 Is a Bigger Update Than It Looks. Should you upgrade?
https://youtu.be/IsknR7B8O7k

2026-06-21 21:06:18 CEST

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Moonfin has some serious potential! Moonbase is cool.
Like you, I found rather rough around the edges for now but I’m sure that’ll only improve over time.

2026-06-20 19:43:01 CEST

Wonderful scenes in downtown Raleigh today for the Stanley Cup parade. Let’s go Canes! #raleigh #hurricanes
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2026-06-19 20:10:51 CEST

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experimenting atm but the usual suspects like gemma4, qwen, etc.
tried gpt-5.5 as well which was incredible but kinda violates the full local idea I wanted to try and do

2026-06-19 20:09:58 CEST

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you bet

2026-06-19 17:34:58 CEST

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Hermes as a vm on top of Proxmox. Llama.cpp on the backend on the Mac

2026-06-19 16:55:16 CEST

Set up a Hermes instance last night with a few different local models hooked up from my Mac.
I’ve hooked that up to home assistant via an mcp server, and have already automated more little QOL things in the last few hrs than I have in the last few months.
Absolutely end game being able to use natural language to debug automations via telegram without having to tether to a computer.
This is huge!
#homeassistant

2026-06-18 19:50:55 CEST

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I haven’t built with Astro before so learning played a part.

2026-06-18 04:39:55 CEST

A few bugs remain but my wife’s book review site is now a static site. One ghost migration complete! I went with Astro.
https://purrfectprose.com/

2026-06-17 01:42:11 CEST

Do you have an off-site backup?
https://youtu.be/fe-wMWnIuWg?is=hd7qY1xvGIBwD41f

2026-06-15 05:04:10 CEST

Let’s go Canes!!
Also, get in there Lewis!! Forza Ferrari.

2026-06-15 02:38:25 CEST

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tbh LLMs were made for this task.

2026-06-15 00:48:29 CEST

After 10+ years of hosting my blog on Ghost I got popped with a CVE last month, and now my wife who runs a book review site also via Ghost, got popped as well.
Time to go static.

2026-06-14 02:30:43 CEST

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sorta kinda
https://perfectmediaserver.com/jellyfinjune/

2026-06-13 22:56:41 CEST

going live in about hour for anyone that wants to join testing out Apple TV tvOS clients for Jellyfin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvlbTTlsk00
#jellyfin #jellyfinjune

2026-06-13 04:32:18 CEST

The future is cool sometimes. Framework Desktop LVFS BIOS update via JetKVM IPMI.
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2026-06-11 22:53:31 CEST

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Some sources for the Kent stuff would be useful here. But if true, what a tragedy.

2026-06-06 20:08:37 CEST

Enjoyable read!
https://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-haters-guide-to-the-ai-bubble-3-0/

2026-06-02 06:32:04 CEST

#jellyfinjune starts here
https://youtu.be/bYVyBfvOGaI

2026-05-27 03:52:15 CEST

For my UK friends who are currently melting
https://blog.ktz.me/control-a-mitsubishi-mini-split-with-esphome-and-home-assistant-for-10/

2026-05-18 16:40:15 CEST

A few you have asked me over the years if [@tailscale](https://hachyderm.io/@tailscale ) is hiring, well my team is hiring a devrel engineer!
You get to build cool stuff, talk about it, and somehow get paid for that. UK, Canada, and US all welcome.
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tailscale/jobs/4695255005