Self hosting
With all that's going on, I can feel the joy in the self hosting journey I undertook. All brought to life due to learning about home assistant (that dammed thing) It all stated off with a touch of paranoia from escaping abuse and needing some CCTV to keep myself safe. So oh a RTSP compatible CCTV camera (later replaced with ONVIF compatible cameras from another vendor as eww Eufy security) But that's kinda the baseline to start, just getting things working like seeing when the washing machine is done, and making things to help manage AuDHD and executive dysfunction. Mind you this was also during COVID so time was a weird concept, but that was the perfect time to discover the basics of docker, learning proxmox on a cheap machine to learning domain management and DNS within a network. But as with all tech pursuits it doesn't end at controlling smart lights and recording cameras and maybe a movie server.
Finding repos and projects that actually had simple to follow guides and categories rather than searching constantly helped a LOT, git repo: awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted site: Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts
Now I honestly say I rely on my own stuff for a LOT more, password management. Yeah that's on site with Vault Warden, Control over my router and Wi-Fi yup it's Unifi'd and File management, gotta love next cloud, like this just feels like home, No AI in everything unless I decide to run Ollama on an older M1 Mac mini that got moved to HTPC usage after the last round of upgrades. What I'm basically saying is go forth and experiment, it's a fun chance to grow and then scream at companies locking down local control when their own app is just connecting over MQTT anyways.
