My Dell server is too old for a solid GPU, so a big photo import meant a stuck ML queue. Instead of buying hardware, I use a M4 MacBook Pro to burn through the backlog, plus a Home Assistant automation to flag it next time.
ImmiBridge pulled 51,000 photos and videos out of iCloud and into my self hosted Immich server over a single weekend. Here's how the setup and the sync actually went.
I asked Casey Liss on Mastodon if Callsheet had added Jellyfin support. Turns out it shipped in May and I just hadn't noticed. Two month since Jellyfin was added to Callsheet and it's been a hit.
Plex stores audiobook progress at the track level, splits it by account in ways that don't survive a re-scan, and nobody had built a tool to move it to Audiobookshelf. So I wrote one, hit a couple of bad title-matching bugs along the way, and open sourced it.
The Navidrome iOS client ecosystem has been quietly getting good. Nautiline has been my go-to since Part 2 of this series. Then NaviBeat showed up. Here's how they compare.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fix a corrupted Plex database on Unraid, Docker, or bare metal with PlexDBRepair. Step-by-step guide to stop Plex, repair, and restart.