In 2025, we have all seen a shift in the way Big-Tech companies work / operate, finding ways to further increase profits due to an overall rise of cloud hosting costs, this may be masqueraded by IT Media Publishing as "growth", where outlining the increases on Cloud Infrastructure by…
Instructions to reinstall an existing VPS from ubuntu to Debian. Applies to Oracle Cloud, Digital Ocean, among others.…
Motivation When installing Emby Server following the guides, most standard setup will leave your installation running the Emby-media SystemD service under the user name emby. This can lead to an additional user to be created and maintained in Networked file stores and overall, end up conflicting in terms of permissions.…
Motivation. Solar panels are a great solution to complement the self-hosting hobby. They augment the capacity of concurrent systems runningn without increasing your powerbill, plus, overall lower the cost of your month-by-month power bill. There are many solutions in the market, generally speaking, they follow the same model, a number…
Content Centralization refers to the control and monopoly exercised by non-free platforms like Medium.com, Facebook.com, and other services that impose paywalls and restrictions to access knowledge and user's content. These platforms become intermediaries that decide which information can circulate and who can access it. Unfortunately, this…
What is it? Self-hosting describes the practices of installing, configuring, and maintaining services used by individuals, groups, or organizations for their own consumption. In short, it’s creating your own space where your data, communications, etc., don’t depend on third parties (as much as possible) and aren’t exploited…
Hello and Welcome. If you're reading this, it means you magically stumbled upon this blog. Its intermittent existence dates back to 2005, and it never had a specific purpose beyond occupying internet space. In early 2021, after over eight months of pandemic life, I had an epiphany. This…
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