Navidrome doesn't speak DLNA natively, and MusicCast doesn't speak OpenSubsonic. upmpdcli bridges that gap cleanly. It talks to Navidrome via the Subsonic API and advertises itself as a UPnP media server on your network.
Jellyfin handles music. It just doesn't handle it well. Here's the argument for splitting the stack and running Navidrome as a dedicated music server so Jellyfin never has to touch your music library at all.
Ghost on PikaPods was perfect until I wanted a newsletter. Here's how I solved the email problem without paying Mailgun retail prices, and what I learned switching to a managed Ghost host
Getting Backblaze Personal running on Unraid is pretty straight forward, and it's the cheapest way to get "unlimited" offsite backup for a homelab NAS. Just don't be a jerk about it, backup what you cant replace and call it good.
Is enough, enough to switch to Jellyfin? Lets find out together.
I turned three security cameras into an automatic bird identification system using BirdNet-Go. Now my wife and I can track every bird species that visits our yard in real-time.
What I'm listening to on the daily in 2026 between audiobooks
Google Apps Script + the YouTube Data API + a Google Sheet = a fully automated personal watch queue that runs itself. Here's how it works.
I automated our Sunday night YouTube watching with Youtarr, because apparently managing a Google Sheet wasn't complicated enough. Now to see if I actually improved anything.
I built my own launcher for docker containers because Heimdall and Homepage didn't quite fit. Here's why rolling my own dashboard was worth it.
I've been self-hosting my music library for a while, but discovery was always the missing piece. Explo fixes that by turning your ListenBrainz listening history into an automatic Discover Weekly playlist right inside Plex.
How I replaced the controller in my old ceiling fan giving it new life in my smart home