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People are focused on self-hosting as a practical home-lab practice—building servers, redesigning labs, and evaluating components like external HDDs—while also discussing self-hosted software/services (e.g., recipe management with Mealie) and security hardening. A notable thread also highlights a new self-hosted GitLab-infrastructure umbrella aimed at supporting open source projects.

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Key Takeaway Self-hosting momentum is being driven by hands-on homelab builds plus growing attention to running services securely and choosing the right infrastructure and storage.
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Self-hosting momentum is being driven by hands-on homelab builds plus growing attention to running services securely and choosing the right infrastructure and storage.

People are focused on self-hosting as a practical home-lab practice—building servers, redesigning labs, and evaluating components like external HDDs—while also discussing self-hosted software/services (e.g., recipe management with Mealie) and security hardening. A notable thread also highlights a new self-hosted GitLab-infrastructure umbrella aimed at supporting open source projects.

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thread type Multiple homelab posts focus on building/redesigning personal servers
specific component question A thread asks whether using an external HDD is OK for a home server
security focus WunderTech posts security changes and ways to make a home lab more secure

What to Watch

  • Follow r/homelab for tool lists and build logs as “first real homelab build” threads develop. r/homelab
  • Check the Mealie/self-hosted recipe server discussion for implementation tips and user experiences. Tildes
  • Apply and compare the “home lab more secure” checklist items from WunderTech across your own setup. WunderTech

What Changed

  • Is using an external HDD for a home server ok? r/HomeServer
  • PSU - Optimal choice for a 24/7 home server /workstation r/buildapc
  • My home server runs on 7 Delta Pro Ultras in the garage r/HomeServer
  • Best tools and softwares for new homelab setup r/homelab
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r/buildapc r/linux r/homelab r/truenas r/HomeServer Tildes Level1Techs Forum WunderTech

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Homelab Mini: Uptime Kuma Dashboard - Installation und Konfiguration …

Heute bedienen wir ein wenig das Klischee, dass in jedem Homelab mehr Monitoring-Tools und Dashboards laufen, als eigentliche Dienste betrieben werden.

4d ago Tim Kutzner
xda-developers.com

My Raspberry Pi 4 still has a job in my homelab, and it isn't Home Assistant

Reassigned, and better for it.

11d ago Samir Makwana
xda-developers.com

My homelab needed a lightweight dashboard, so I had Claude and a local LLM race to build it

The results were identical. The journeys were not.

11d ago Shekhar Vaidya

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Hacker News · u/perber · 

Self-hosted wikis shouldn't need an ops team

Self-hosted wikis shouldn't need an ops team

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Hacker News · u/lvales · 

Improving my self-hosted actions runner setup

Improving my self-hosted actions runner setup

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r/homelab · u/SleepyBoiNick · 

Amazon sent me 5 extra surge protectors

Spent 70 dollars and they ended up sending me over 400 dollars worth of surge protectors. I was wondering why the damn box was so heavy🤣
r/selfhosted · u/NearbyYak7156 · 

(OPINION) Now's the Perfect Time To Move Away from Plex

(WRITTEN BY A HUMAN THAT LIKES BULLET POINTS) Most people here have probably heard about Plex hiking the lifetime pass to 750USD, effective July 1. If you're still on the subscription and considering buying the lifetime …
Hacker News · u/ChristopherArk · 

ArkDisk – Self-hosted Nextcloud as a service (don't hack too fast)

ArkDisk – Self-hosted Nextcloud as a service (don't hack too fast)

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