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Homelab Highlights

A show about homelab infrastructure, self-hosted tools, community discoveries, and the practical operational lessons that matter, released three times a week.

Latest Episodes

· 06:41

Nextcloud updates, RustDesk on Wayland, and a 50TB data scare

This episode covers Nextcloud Hub maintenance updates, RustDesk's new unattended Wayland access, a cautionary tale of 50TB of data stuck in a defunct cloud, the NoteDiscovery notes app update with plugins, a community toolkit for Dell T110 II ECC reporting, and a quick tip on monitoring Docker container restarts.

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· 11:51

Keyv NPM Attack, NutriTrace v1.1.0, and AI Code Review Risks

This episode covers the active Shai-Hulud NPM supply chain attack targeting Keyv, the NutriTrace v1.1.0 release with in-app updates, Flowise AI's shutdown, Docker's supply chain incident stats, and a study on the risks of using AI for code review.

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· 10:32

OpenAI's Hugging Face hack and Docker's AI sandbox

This episode covers the details of OpenAI's breach of Hugging Face via a JFrog zero-day, Docker's new sandbox for securing AI coding assistants, the self-hosted music tool Aurral, and a practical tip for automating against backend APIs instead of brittle UI scraping.

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· 16:15

Xray-core Tunnels Under Pressure and Mini PC Price Shifts

This episode covers a detailed account of running self-hosted tunnels using Xray-core's Reality protocol under aggressive ISP inspection, a fundamental community discussion on always-on Plex servers, and the changing economics of mini PC hardware for home servers.

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· 06:27

DVinyl 3.0's Rewrite, Docker's Quote Bug, and Nextcloud Patches

This episode covers DVinyl 3.0's complete TypeScript rewrite, a long-standing Docker CLI parsing bug for environment files, Nextcloud's July maintenance updates, a security camera with a leaked GitHub token, and AI-assisted Plex projects from the community.

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· 10:13

Nextcloud's Community Awards and a Dell OptiPlex Windfall

Nextcloud launches its inaugural Community Awards for its 10th anniversary. A homelabber scores free Dell OptiPlex Micro PCs from a corporate refresh. Self-Host Weekly shares new Insider perks and covers Linus Torvalds's stance on AI in Linux kernel development.

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