Mailshine - Tech & Selfhosting

Tech & Selfhosting #6

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Mailshine - Tech & Selfhosting #6

r/ExperiencedDevs

"Code was never the hard part"

384 comments • reddit.com
I am sick and tired of all the posts (usually AI-generated by CEOs/CTOs/“thought leaders”) that start with “Code was never the {bottleneck, problem, hard part, …}.” I’m not sure whether this comes from a misunderstanding of what code is or a deliberate misrepresentation meant to promote AI usage.

For starters, two rhetorical questions. If code was never the hard part, why:
- do hundreds of different programming paradigms, languages, libraries, frameworks, design patterns, and system architectures exist? Granted, some of this is just programmers bikeshedding. Still, plenty of it reflects substantial differences and tradeoffs.
- didn’t you write it yourselves or hire a bunch of minimum-wage workers to do it for you instead of having to hire a ton of highly skilled (and highly paid) engineers?
A charitable explanation is that these people are genuinely clueless about what “coding” actually is. Perhaps in their mind coding is just …
"I don't know" is severely underrated in our profession

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> If you are a senior, don’t tell juniors to do something that you aren’t certain that is right and that you believe that it is right because another senior told you to do that when you were a junior. Don’t be a parrot.

Excerpt from https://lucasoshiro.github.io/posts-en/2024-04-08-please_dont_squash/

I don’t think I’m unreasonable to believe that engineering judgment should demand reasoning and evidence. And yet, across five companies, including big tech, I have repeatedly watched engineers choose instinct, convention, and authority. Many barely skim the documentation, much less read books or papers. Yet they confidently repeat “facts” they cannot explain with anything more substantial than:

- “This is how we do it.”

- “I believe I’m right.”

Or, God forbid:

- “Claude said it.”

More recently, I met self-described “AI engineers” who had not seriously studied prompt design or evaluation practices; they just winged it and hoped for the best.

The best engineer I ever …
Why do I rarely see women Principal Engineers or senior ICs with 20+ years of experience?

541 comments • reddit.com

This is simply an observation from my career, not a criticism.

I’ve noticed that I rarely come across women Principal Engineers or senior individual contributors (ICs) with 20+ years of experience.

Do many women developers tend to move into engineering management after 10–15 years, or is my observation just due to the companies I’ve worked at?

For those with long careers in tech, what has your experience been? What factors do you think contribute to this?
What are some technical books and blogs with a great signal-to-noise ratio?

52 comments • reddit.com

Maybe it’s just me, but it feels like it’s getting harder and harder to find sources of information that (a) don’t try to sell something, (b) have a high SNR, © are not entirely generated or rewritten by LLMs.

Here are some recent findings from me that match the criteria:

* https://brandur.org/
This is a great blog from Brandur Leach who writes a lot about Go, Ruby, and Postgres. Brandur used to work at Heroku and Stripe, and now he works on his own project.

* https://increment.com/
Speaking of Stripe, they have this fantastic magazine (now abandoned, I believe) on various software engineering subjects.

* https://notes.eatonphil.com/
Also a very DB-heavy blog from Phil Eaton.

* https://www.morling.dev/blog/

Lots of insights on Kafka, Postgres, API best practices

* https://www.seangoedecke.com
Sean is one of my favorite authors. His post on good software design is a gem, in my opinion. https://www.seangoedecke.com/good-system-design/

* Designing …
Did you miss the chance to switch for a higher salary during COVID?

154 comments • reddit.com

How many of you missed the high-paying offers during the COVID hiring boom and are still working at the same company?

Do you ever feel you missed the chance to significantly increase your salary by switching jobs during that period?

Looking back, do you regret staying, or did it work out well for you in the long run?

r/selfhosted

It's 3am on a Saturday, now i get it

172 comments • i.redd.it
I’ve a 32gb server that had an initial attempt of a file storage; today i didnt have much to do so I restarted this project.

8 hours later
- Secured the server for remote development through ssh,
- Learn about podman compose (all my homies hate docker desktop now)
- Setup nginx proxy manager (how could I not live with this)
- New domain for our home with the respective A records for subdomains and force ssl.
- New service for movies(Jellyfin)
- ~~New service Gitea~~ New Forgejo(all my homies hate github and Gitea)
- New service search engine for privacy (searxng)
- New openwebui + ollama (had previously lmstudio+openwebui)
- New immich (thank you for the suggestion)
Pending
- OpenNotebook
- ~~Photo storage (heard about nextCloud, hoping to migrate from Google Photos)~~
- Add Cron to copy to another drive said multimedia
- Implement AdGuard
- Dashboard? Graphana? suggestions?
- At this point, PagerDuty? lol this is a jk…unless?
Edit: Removed Gitea and added Forgejo to the family, also added Immich to …
Chat Control 1.0 was passed through the Backdoor, while most of the MP where on vacation, driven by Roberta Metsola, President of the European parliament. 2.0 yet to come. Time to self-host even more than before?

261 comments • i.redd.it
This subreddit used to be fun

340 comments • reddit.com

This subreddit used to be a fun place for me to get fresh ideas of cool projects to self-host and hear about people’s experiences, and seeing people build things, even sometimes with 32GB or 64GB of RAM.

Now I feel like many of the posts are talking about: some new ai slop app someone vibe coded overnight, while drinking too many red-bulls, or about how lucky someone is to have just bought a M1 MacBook with 8GB RAM.

Is it just me?
I preferred the old world… 😀
Pocket ID is now OpenID Connect Certified™ + OAuth 2.0 API support

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Hey everyone

I just wanted to share this because we are pretty proud of this milestone. Since v2.10.0 Pocket ID is now OpenID Connect Certified™ which means that we pass all tests of the OpenID Connect test suite.

Additionally we’ve introduced the support for OAuth 2.0 APIs and permissions (or in more technical terms “resource servers” and “scopes”). This is very useful if you are building your own application and you want to delegate authorization and authentication completely to Pocket ID.

Our main goal remains the same; make Pocket ID as easy-to-use as possible while providing the features that matter most. I hope you’re enjoying Pocket ID! If you have any questions, feel free to join our Discord. And if you have ideas for new features or improvements, please share your suggestions on GitHub.

If you’ve never heard of Pocket ID, it is an easy-to-use OpenID Connect Certified™ and OAuth 2.0 provider that lets users sign in to your …
PSA - root access vulnerability in tailscale ssh

56 comments • tailscale.com

If you use tailscale ssh, you rely on ACLs, and anyone else in your tailnet you should update as soon as possible. Even if you’re alone in your tailscale don’t write off the possibility of chained vulnerabilities.

Generally, when it comes to something as important as ssh, consider using openssh instead.

r/usenet

nzb360 v24 Released :: Now with Radarr 2.0!

58 comments • play.google.com
the good times

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I used usenet in the late 80’s and 90’s for development purposes and social commentary, and this reddit place is an f’ing disgrace compared that culture. Jesus. They delete your comments for the most benign stuff. The monitoring is pathological. They “promote” free speech values but act like the worst hall monitors. I wrote a comment Opposing naziism and the holocaust and got threatened with a ban. I miss the the old usenet you accessed via a terminal.
How is Drunkenslug different to other Usenet Indexers? Is it worth it over others like NZBGeek and Althub?

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Hey there lads, just coming on here asking what the real difference is between Drunkenslug and other indexers like Nzbgeek and Althub.

For some context, yes, I am on Drunkenslug. My subscriptions for Nzbgeek and Althub are expiring and I’m on a tight budget, so I’m debating which one is worth paying for: lifetime nzbgeek, lifetime althub, or paying for drunkenslug each year.

It’s pretty expensive compared to the others being 25 euros a year for the Unlimited plan (which is the one I’ll need), is it really worth it over lifetime nzbgeek and althub?
Permanently banned because of what? (scenenzbs)

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So I just noticed, that scenenzbs.com moved to treasure-maps.com, idk why I haven’t got notified but that’s not my problem.

I tired to log into their website, because I saw, that the login stays the same. After login in, this message popped up:

https://preview.redd.it/e5081c5ot0dh1.png?width=1714&format=png&auto=webp&s=f839cc4586eec056c60ba8f0dd4056ea1af25e9f

I have no idea how this could’ve happen, because I only use one account and I don’t share it with someone else.

Did anyone ever had the same problem and is there something I can do about it, or do I just need to create a new account and pay again? If so, how can I prevent it from happening again?

-—————————————————————————————————————————

EDIT:

I …
Digital Carange IP Ban

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Anyone have a support email for Digital Carange. I got a discord alert that I had been booted from the discord channel because i no longer had an account. I attempted to just visit the website to try to find one, but i can’t even load the site because it says I am IP banned from loading it.

I am paid up until June 2029. I just visited the site in the last two weeks, so it’s not like I would appear as dormant to them. I checked my other indexers and none of them have any crazy API hits happening to them, so I don’t think it would be an issue of me flooding their server inadvertently.

Thank you for any help you can offer.

r/plex+radarr+sonarr

I have a confession…

565 comments • reddit.com

My name is u/CoppellCitizen and I have recently downgraded almost my entire library to 1080p and below.

To be honest, I was the only person in my house (also out of the house) who truly appreciated 4K. Since that was the case, I decided to just downgrade my movies and gain back much needed HDD space.

Have no fear, the movies I love the most on 4K stayed that way, but the vast majority of my library didn’t warrant the 4K appreciation if I was the only one who cared. My wife and kids have not said a thing about the quality change so in the long run it’s a win. To be completely frank, 1080p looks really good on our 4K TVs.
Plex services are down [7/14/26 10:25am CST]

416 comments • reddit.com

I’ve noticed that I can’t match any new content that I add to my server. Watchlist also appears to be down.

Plex.tv is even down. Not good.

*Edit: Keep checking https://status.plex.tv/ for updates and resolutions. As of 12:20pm CDT, some things may still be acting up. Some users report things working though. I can use my local server and match newly added items now.

*Edit 2: It looks like everything is fully operational as of 12:40 CDT
How do I hide the 3/5ths of useless bullshit in the Plex iOS app?

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What's a show you have that you think others might not have?

905 comments • i.redd.it

I love this show.
Can someone explain the outages?

181 comments • reddit.com

I was surprised that Plex’s internal servers being down caused peoples’ servers to go down. I always thought that Plex servers ran locally on devices and didn’t rely on Plex’s own servers to run them…

Am I missing something?

It reminds me of EA’s Sim City issue back in the day, when they tried to make an offline game always online.

Tech & Selfhosting #5

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Mailshine - Tech & Selfhosting #5

r/ExperiencedDevs

Juniors are valuable and not hiring them is a mistake

196 comments • reddit.com

yes, it takes more work to write reasonably scoped tickets for a junior and then review their code than it does to just write it yourself or slopmaxx it with claude.

that has inherent value, though. having impressionable juniors around forces your team to keep their shit together, keep standards high, keep the DX and documentation good.

richard feynman, in addition to being a samba percussionist, lockpicker, and nobel-prize-winning physicist, had a lot to say about education and his technique for learning things was to teach them to someone else using simple language. having to mentor juniors has forced me to grow more than anything else i’ve done at my job.

orgs which get rid of co-ops/juniors are quietly* harming themselves in a way that can’t be immediately measured, but which has long-term negative consequences.

agree, disagree, any interesting experiences mentoring a junior where you learned something from it?

^(*yes, ai has turned my brain to slime, thank you for …
Devs who make or have made printer drivers: what's the deal?

239 comments • reddit.com

I’ve been making software for over 10 years and I am genuinely curious what goes on with companies that make printers. It struck me, after pulling my hair out trying to print a 2 page paper form, that I’ve been struggling with printers for decades at this point.

Is there some insane culture at companies that make printers that makes the software and/or drivers terrible? Do they not test? Do they hire their managers under bridges? Are they drunk all the time?

For a while I thought it had to be some connectivity issue. Some bad connection problem that would be resolved with a solid Ethernet connection. When that didn’t work I bought a USB printer and that also didn’t solve it. I’ve tried different brands. Then I thought it had to be the Windows print queue just being useless. I then got a Mac and the same crap happens on Mac as it does on Windows.

After years of fiddling, clearing queues, reinstalling drivers, plugging and unplugging, restarting, finding …
Reliance on LLMs is killing people's mental models and stripping people of the ability to process the information and generate ideas/insights in the background - when resting.

201 comments • reddit.com

I used to be able to see to fully visualize the solutions I wrote manually in my mind and navigate these solutions line by line, having a strong mental model of how things connect, what lives where, what are the alternatives etc.

But then I took a LLM to the brain… Anybody else seeing people’s mental models degrade gradually over time? In some cases - a significant degradation? Also - people over-relying on tools, offloading their thinking to the pattern of “just 1 more question…” and coming up with solid stuff themselves less and less often?

Here’s a sensational hypothesis - perhaps we’re gradually approaching the death of our brains when it comes to creative and complicated tasks?

IMHO, complexity is a relative thing - if your brain gets accustomed to solving complex problems by going through them methodically and slowly, then you’re capable of solving hard problems more often, with better judgement and confidence. But if you …
What's the best advice you've received from a manager or senior developers?

267 comments • reddit.com

What’s the best advice or feedback you’ve received from a manager, senior developer, or colleague that changed the way you think or work?

I’d love to hear the advice and how it impacted you.
Appropriate behaviour when on call

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Okay, this might be a ridiculous question, but my current job is the first time I’ve ever really had to be on call, with a chance for calls that need immediate action in the middle of the night. It’s typically been fine and I haven’t even gotten that many alerts to respond to. However, last night, while on call, I unthinkingly had a couple glasses of wine before getting an 11PM page and having to go fix something. Now, this wasn’t a problem, I could resolve the problem just fine, but my immediate reaction was shit, that’s unprofessional. It didn’t occur to me that drinking on call was like drinking on the job until I got the actual page. Are there any other common behaviours that you guys think can/should be avoided when on call that are easy enough to forget is fine on your time, but not when you might have work to do?

r/selfhosted

Girlfriend approved homeserver setup

133 comments • reddit.com

I recently moved in with my girlfriend and we were trying to find solutions for the computers and hard drives I want to have attached to the modem.

We found this Ikea Gillersberg coffee table/shelf hybrid for 35€ and it was a perfect solution!
Wealthfolio v3.6 released: the local-first investment tracker is now a full personal finance app (net worth, spending, goals, FIRE simulations), now with SSO

159 comments • reddit.com

Wealthfolio is an open source, local-first finance tracker I’ve been building for a couple of years (~8k stars now). It started as an investment tracker, but as of this release it covers the whole picture: investments, net worth, spending, goals, and FIRE / retirement simulations (when can I stop working, what happens if I change my savings rate).

New in 3.6, with self-hosters specifically in mind:
• SSO / OIDC authentication — one of the most requested features here, so you can bring your own identity provider instead of a separate login
• Multilingual support, short positions, tax recording, and rebalancing

Self-hosting is first-class: Dockerfile and compose.yml in the repo, plus Proxmox and Unraid guides. There are also desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux if you prefer. Either way, everything lives in a local SQLite database, no account required, and your financial data never touches our servers.

The app is free and open source (AGPL). The one optional paid add-on is …
Banning Slop Posts

192 comments • reddit.com

Can’t we just ban them via a (more detailed) low-effort rule?

I don’t mean experienced and skilled developers using AI to assist in their projects. I am talking about reoccurring posts almost always in this scheme:

- Tagged as non AI “oh i thought it was about the post not the project”. (No, you lied.)

- “I sketched/architected/hand-designed the structure myself and only used AI to help me write code.” (You did shit.)

- “The post was written by myself to describe my project.” (It clearly wasn’t. Everyone knows this.)

Some of the time these projects are closed source too, looking for some free testers and/or aren’t in any other means providing any value to this community.

It isn’t about just scrolling past them. It’s about dishonest people flooding this sub trying to take advantage of the people in here.
SparkyFitness turns One - A Self-Hosted alternative for MyFitnessPal, Flo, Hevy, Shotsy & More

118 comments • reddit.com
Hey All,

I can’t believe it’s already been a year since this project started! When I created SparkyFitness, I never expected it to grow into a full-time passion project. Huge thanks to this community for giving me the opportunity to build a tool that helps you and your families stay healthy.

We just crossed 4.5k+ users and have 73 amazing developers contributing to the project. We are scaling faster than ever and even gained over 1,000 GitHub stars in just the last month alone!

We’re evolving way past legacy calorie and exercise tracking. Recently, we’ve added several major features:
- Period cycle and pregnancy tracking
- Comprehensive medication management
- GLP-1 medication tracking
If you haven’t tried SparkyFitness yet, I’d love for you to give it a spin and let us know what you think.

The main reason for this post is to get your input on our upcoming Workout & Exercise module for our mobile app. The third screenshot attached shows what we have …
DroppedNeedle (formerly Musicseerr) - self-hosted music request, discovery, and downloads, now with no Lidarr

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Hello everyone, my name is Harvey - I’m a backend software engineer from the UK. Some of you might remember a project I shared here a while back called Musicseerr. An unbelievable amount has happened since then, and development has continued steadily. V2 is now here. Rebranded: DroppedNeedle.

It started as a way to bridge slskd and Lidarr - search for music and request it straight to Lidarr, a bit like the Seerr/*arr flow. The further I got, the more I kept hitting the limits of leaning on Lidarr for the library side - so I replaced it. DroppedNeedle now scans, tags, fingerprints, and organises your library itself, and finds and downloads music on its own. Lidarr is gone entirely, which (along with the rename) is why it’s jumping to v2.0.0.

Point it at your own Soulseek (via slskd) and/or Usenet (via SABnzbd, with built-in Newznab indexers) and it searches, downloads, verifies, and imports - whole albums or single tracks.

It currently supports:
- Native library engine - …

r/usenet

Scene NZB url changed.

22 comments • reddit.com

Now called https://treasure-maps.com/

same login and password
HoU House of Usenet Registration is open

19 comments • reddit.com

I just discovered that signing up works just fine. You don’t need to enter an invite code, even though the field is always active. Have fun 😊.
Treasure Maps - Birthday Promo

28 comments • reddit.com

I just saw that Treasure Maps (formerly SceneNZBs) is celebrating its 4th birthday and is running a birthday promo until July, 12th 2026, 10 p.m. CEST.

180 extra days for the yearly subscription.

You can find the URL for this Usenet indexer in the Wiki (registration is open):
https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/indexers/

I just wanted to let you know.
NewsgroupDirect Terabyte Tuesday is back! 1TB block for $10.

22 comments • reddit.com

Got the e-mail this morning. The block doesn’t expire.

https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=40d0&deal=2xrjEW1PSi4qnkxE
just started today, i have some questions...

32 comments • reddit.com

so i decided to dip my toes into usenet to see kind of whats going on over here. so for the downloader i’m using sabnzbd. its simple. straight forward. no big deal. for the indexer i’m using nzbplanet. not sure if there are better ones or whatever, but thats where i’m starting, and for the provider i set up frugal for a one month use to get a hang of how things work.

i tested a few downloads, tweaked some settings, and things are humming along, but then i’ll go to download something and it will fail. it will say multiple articles missing, and then just dumps out. are these things just lost to time? or are there alternate ways to find the missing pieces? i think thats where i’m needing help in understanding because i’m used to using p2p, but then you are at the mercy of if someone is online or not. and i’ve used websites that interface with cloud download lockers, but with those you nearly have to maintain a rapidgator premium sub to download …

r/plex+radarr+sonarr

ANOTHER Reason Watch Together is amazing

63 comments • reddit.com

I know they “dropped support” once it stops working it stops working, I know regardless of support from people they’re ignoring it, but another to the pile.

Small thing- But rewatching Cyberpunk Anime S01 with my Dad, whom prefers dub, I prefer sub.

It syncs video, but lets the individual users choice audio type and if subtitles or not seperately, its a small thing, but damn is that ever fantastic.

Consider this a acknowledgment of the dev(s) that designed this and thank you for even thinking about the smallest of details like that, even if it never comes out on the new crap app version, thank you for it existing to begin with, but also COME ON PLEASE KEEP IT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE OTHER DEVICES YOU KILLED IT FOR!!
Just a little personal achievement!

85 comments • i.redd.it

The most I’ve had simultaneously is 5 (probably more but I was probably not awake) but I’m quite thrilled to see such a number tuning at the same time tonight! I feel like Netflix, haha
How are you handling running out of space in 2026?

524 comments • reddit.com

Hi,

Just curious how are you handling running out of space in 2026? I probably have about 16 - 24 TB of space left on my server (total space for all media is about 193 TB). I really don’t want to delete any content. Are you just sucking it up and purchasing new drives? If not, are you deleting media, and how are you determining which media to delete? I’m deciding on which way I want to go? Most of my movies are blu-ray remuxes, and tv/anime are 1080p. About 98% of my music is lossless (Flac/Hi-res). I have a few people that watch stuff and request stuff to be added. Unfortunately, I don’t see the storage prices coming down anytime soon, and honestly I don’t think they ever will go back to what we used to call normal. Even refurb/used drive prices are crazy high.

Edit:

In case anyone was wondering this is my current server. It’s old hardware but it works:

Dell PowerEdge T430

Xeon CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz (2 processors)

128 GB ECC RAM - I’ve …
TV Show Editions Release

115 comments • reddit.com
Source: Plex Forum
Category: Announcements
Posted by: PlexInfo — July 9, 2026

Today we’re opening up Editions for TV Shows to Plex Pass subscribers.

If you’ve ever had both a dubbed and original-language version of an anime show in your library, or The Wire in 4:3 and the remastered 16:9, you know the awkwardness: they’re the same show, but they’re not, and Plex had no clean way to treat them as two distinct things.

You may already be familiar with Editions from movies. Same idea: when you have two genuinely different releases of a TV show (not just different quality encodes of the same content) you can label them as separate editions. Each gets its own listing in your library, tracked independently for watch status, ratings, and metadata.

Some examples of where this comes in handy:
- Dubbed vs. original-language releases (anime fans, you know who you are)
- Color and black-and-white editions of the same series (Spider Noir)
- Shows re-released in a different …
Anyone else have a friend where most of your conversations these days are just them asking you if you can add something on Plex?

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I have a lifelong friend, we live on opposite sides of the country now, great friends and all that. But these days the majority of our texts are just him asking if I can add something on Plex. It’s maybe like once every 2 weeks. No biggie. I mean, I rarely text with most of my good friends anyway. Everyone moved and got busy, classic stuff in your 30s.

Anyway, just kind of a bummer lmao. But we still catch up sometimes and see each other when we’re in town.

Also, getting ahead of it, I don’t want to set up Ombi or anything (tried it and I didn’t like it). I really don’t want to give people any freedom when HDDs are so expensive or deal with the security or explaining how it works etc.

Just curious if anyone can relate. I know the solution (if I even feel like saying anything), it’s just nice to hear someone can relate.

Tech & Selfhosting #4

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Mailshine - Tech & Selfhosting #4

r/ExperiencedDevs

The more I advance my career the less I want to work with same level engineers

127 comments • reddit.com

I started from the bottom now I am here, working as a Sr.Eng for a major software company with several very technically skilled engineers.
I also know many people who work for the most prestigious companies of our times: FAANG, AI, Fintech…

I have realised that I don’t really connect them on a personal level and I don’t like working with them much.
Not because of toxicity (Never had a truly toxic coworker or employer yet) but because of the following personality and cultural characteristics

There is a lot of bro culture about programming and insecurities that manifest by trying to look smart all the time.
Also a lot of technical talk ²⁴⁄₇ which usually is in the form of bike shedding.

They are usually very skilled on the details and bureaucracy but not as much on the big picture and they do have huge problems in communication.

I started this careers dreaming of working for “builders” of the late 2000s - early 2010s eras.

I miss old workplaces where they people were less …
New job doesn’t allow local admin access and it’s driving me nuts. Is this common now?

315 comments • reddit.com

Started a new job this week and I learned developers have no local admin access. Every single thing has to be requested, and it’s slowing me down considerably. Onboarding is already a huge PITA and the cherry on top is needing to create a ticket for every little thing I need.

It took 2 days to get Homebrew installed on my Macbook, but come to find out I have to raise a ticket to install any package. Every ticket goes to India and they remote in and install with admin access. And I have not even scratched the surface for things I need installed. Every standup update this week was “waiting for IT ticket to be resolved” and at first I was thinking it was just me until a few people on my team told me they were not up and running for nearly 3 weeks when they started. What the hell!

In my 8 YOE I’ve never worked for a company like this. It’s insanely frustrating. How is this a reasonable process for developers? Is this what bigger companies are like now?
Armin Ronacher is very uneasy about the agent loops future

203 comments • reddit.com

From https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/6/23/the-coming-loop/

Present-day models tend to produce code that is too defensive, too complex, too local in its reasoning. They avoid strong invariants. They add fallbacks instead of making bad states impossible. They duplicate code, invent bad abstractions, and paper over unclear design with more machinery. Worse though: I so far see very little progress of this improving. If anything, on that front it feels to me that we might even be making steps in the wrong direction. At least for my taste, present-day hands-off harnesses like Claude Code with ultracode produce worse code than what we were producing last autumn. That’s because Claude Code, with Fable for instance will be working uninterrupted on a problem for thirty minutes or more, when previously the process would have been much more human in the loop.
(…)
Today I do not like much of the code that I see from systems built that way and neither do I enjoy interacting with too much of …
The AI burns the toast, I scrape it.

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What I mean by the title is that I feel like the teams in my company are in a huge anti-pattern where the majority of the building is done (badly) by AI, then everyone scrabbles around manually reviewing and fixing the shit it’s spewed out. It’s like putting bread in a toaster that always burns it, and sitting with your knife ready to scrape it.

Is this just my company? Is this really the best way to work and I’ve just lost the plot?

I’ve been thinking about it a lot, how would we get out of this scenario?

I’m wondering if the token price hikes are actually a good thing, if limited tokens will force people to think about what to use them for. If we had a strict budget, would we realise we’d prefer the AI writing tests and doing code reviews to it writing the code?

LinkedIn seems to believe that burnt toast is all we need and we should stop bothering to scrape (aka loop engineering).
Does anyone else feel stuck at the Senior Engineer level?

169 comments • reddit.com

I’m seeing a pattern in my organisation.

Junior developers are becoming Mid-level developers, and Mid-level developers are becoming Seniors. But once you reach Senior Engineer, career progression seems to slow down dramatically.

There are plenty of Junior and Mid-level positions, fewer Senior roles, and only a small number of Principal, Staff, or Distinguished Engineer positions. Companies seem comfortable promoting Juniors to Mid and Mid to Senior, but promotions beyond Senior are much rarer.

Is anyone else seeing the same thing in their organisation? Has the Senior level become a bottleneck?

r/selfhosted

Public reminder: Protect your apps. My unprotected qBittorrent instance ended up running a cryptominer.

294 comments • i.redd.it

I host a public qBittorrent instance for my small group of friends. This has been fine for at least a year.
For some reasons, I noticed my server has becoming slow.
After checking, I found a program named `tcrond` running a cryptomining.

Apparently qBittorent could execute command, which I only learned about it today.

If you have unprotected apps, this is a reminder for you.
protect you apps, unless you are 100% they can’t do anything dangerous.

Lucky me I am running it inside docker. This could be worst.

Lesson learned
Maintenance Day

61 comments • i.redd.it
NostalgicPod now supports Jellyfin, Navidrome, Subsonic and OpenSubsonic!

239 comments • reddit.com

Hi everyone :)

(My previous post was removed because apps like this can only be shared on Wednesdays, so I spoke with the moderators and they told me I could post it today)

I’m the developer of NostalgicPod, a mobile music player and companion app for self-hosted Jellyfin, Navidrome, Emby, Subsonic and OpenSubsonic servers. It connects directly to your own backend, imports your music library, covers, playlists and existing ratings, lets you stream without storing the full library on your phone, and syncs star ratings back to the server.

The app is inspired by the iPod Classic and has been built with a lot of feedback from the r/iPod community. The complete version is currently available on Android and also supports local music in MP3, FLAC, ALAC, OPUS and other formats, along with a click wheel, classic menus, Cover Flow, lossless playback, lyrics, podcasts, radio and a few retro-style games.

NostalgicPod has also been added to the official Navidrome apps repository, where the …
GeoPulse - selfhosted alternative to Google Timeline - big updates

112 comments • i.redd.it

Hi r/selfhosted,

A few months ago I posted about GeoPulse, a self-hosted, privacy-first Google Timeline alternative - https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1r805jh/geopulse_a_selfhosted_privacyfirst_google/

Since that post, I’ve kept actively developing it based on feedback from Reddit/GitHub users. GeoPulse has gone from v1.17.0 to v1.33.0, with ~29 releases and ~250 commits since the previous post. The project is now close to 1k stars on GitHub.

What is GeoPulse?

GeoPulse turns raw GPS data into a clean, searchable timeline with trips, stays, maps, sharing, stats, location analytics, and more. It supports GPS data from OwnTracks, GPSLogger, Colota, Traccar, Home Assistant, GPX, GeoJSON, Google Timeline exports, Dawarich exports, and other compatible sources.

Everything is self-hosted and designed to run on small home servers/VPS setups.

Github: https://github.com/tess1o/geopulse

Biggest changes since the last post

Vector maps

GeoPulse now supports MapLibre vector maps …
Replace YouTube Premium

218 comments • reddit.com

I have been building out a self hosted stack for each media type in my homelab to escape subscriptions and cut costs down to $0. Movies and shows, covered by Jellyfin + arr stack. Books/audiobooks covered by calibre + arr, and even adult content covered by Stash + my own automated built system.

What I haven’t been able to figure out yet is replacing YouTube Premium, which keeps increasing in cost for little to no value. I use both YouTube Music and YouTube daily for watching YouTube and listening to music, and I have been doing this for years upon years. I used to be able to say the price was worth it , but now that I have managed to cut all other subscriptions out, this is pretty much the last one left.

What am I asking is, do you any of you know a good way to replace Youtube premium with a YouTube/YTM with no ads and similar features to premium at no cost? From what I understand self hosting music can be difficult and I by no means listen to mainstream music, but Im not sure …

r/usenet

DS Registration Open

41 comments • reddit.com

Just passing along info from another sub
NewsgroupDirect Summer 2026 Special: Triple Play (three backbones) for $35/yr and Grand Slam (Four backbones) for $45/yr

46 comments • reddit.com
The best deal in Usenet just got better! Three or four different backbones at once!

NGD Triple Play - Three Backbones - $35/year - https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=s8md&deal=
- UsenetExpress (Unlimited) - UsenetExpress Backbone - DMCA - 5797+ Days - US/EU Servers
- SuperNews (Unlimited) - Giganews Backbone - DMCA - 3200+ Days - US/EU Servers
- Vipernews (Unlimited) - Uzo Reto Backbone - NTD - 3000+ Days - EU Server
NGD Grand Slam - Four Backbones - $45/year - https://newsgroupdirect.com/member/billing/?plan=13ab&deal=
- UsenetExpress (Unlimited) - UsenetExpress Backbone - DMCA - 5797+ Days - US/EU Servers
- SuperNews (Unlimited) - Giganews Backbone - DMCA - 3200+ Days - US/EU Servers
- Vipernews (Unlimited) - Uzo Reto Backbone - NTD - 3000+ Days - EU Server
- Usenet.Farm (1.5TB FUP*) - Its Hosted Backbone - DMCA - 3000+ Days - EU Server
These prices will renew at the same price until you cancel.

Quantum encryption is included on the UsenetExpress backbone login. …
NewsDemon Summer/Winter 2026 Sale: Unlimited Usenet Access for $0.50/month for the first three months, billed monthly. Then $28/year, billed annually, with your price locked in.

51 comments • reddit.com
https://www.newsdemon.com/summer-sale/

Like the title says:
- Month one: $0.50
- Month two: $0.50
- Month three: $0.50
- Next year: $28
- Every year afterwards: $28
Simple billing. You get three months to check out why so many people support us, then you get a great deal on a yearly account that will not increase.

No need to “stack” or give us your hard earned dough for years in advance. We trust that our service is good enough that you will want to stay with us. But if you want to do that, contact our support department.

Features:
- 50 Connections (all you need with our service, if you need more, contact support)
- Post-Quantum Encryption
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- Three Server Farms
  - Virginia, USA
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- 5796+ Days Retention
- 25+ years of continuous single ownership
- 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
- No logging of what you read or download
- Credit Cards, Paypal, SEPA, iDeal, Crypto
Hope everyone has a great summer (winter for those in the S. Hemisphere)!
Frugal Usenet Summer Sale w/ Receipts!

49 comments • reddit.com
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Hi All-

Was surprised to see sales dropping this time of year as they mostly stopped about 5 or 6 years ago.

Either way, stop by Frugal for a great summer deal with various options available:

- $35 per year (no Blocknews)

- $40 per year with 300 GBs of Blocknews

- $45 per year with 750 GBs of Blocknews

Besides Blocknews differences, all products include:
- Access to all 7 of our main server locations around the world, Netnews backbone, 5,500 +/- days retention
- Our independent backbone, EU based bonus backup server access with up to 1 TBs per calendar month; 3,000 +/- days retention. This server is truly independent of the main servers. Do not get caught up with other packages who may bundle and stealthily sell you the same access two or three times.
- Up to 200 connections on the main servers / another 50 on the bonus server (not that you need them all …
looks like dognzb finally finished their server upgrades

35 comments • reddit.com

that being said, i can’t login because their new system requires them to send an email code to you… but their system isn’t emailing me anything! psych! uggh. anyone else able to login?

r/plex+radarr+sonarr

Please stop posting about buying your plex pass in 1865 for $12.16

485 comments • reddit.com

I’m tired, boss.
Maintenance Day

613 comments • i.redd.it
Plex has quietly introduced a five-year Plex Pass plan priced at $250, the same cost as its lifetime Plex Pass before the price hike

269 comments • msn.com
Now that we’re charging $1000 for plex pass. Can we get a native working Apple TV app?

208 comments • reddit.com

Going to rant. Over a year without an update. I don’t care about the new ui as anything is better than infuse. Old UI/new UI, don’t care just want a working app. Can’t watch half my 4k rips because they just stutter constantly. And before the ten people come in here saying oh it’s you mInE wOrKs, check your transcoding, or your server sucks. It’s not that. It’s 100% an app issue, hundreds of posts about it. It’s inexcusable to have a platform as big as Apple TV not have a working app and especially for over a year. My shield works flawlessly, infuse on Apple TV flawlessly. It’s the plex app, how it processes, and how it throttles. I’ve seen the stories that they had one developer for tvOS and he left. Ok but it’s been over a year??? We get people every other week building their own clients from scratch that work better than the native app. I don’t know why we’re acting like there was only one guy in the world who can code for tvOS.
Everyone, but specifically those with lifetime membership, setup 2FA.

145 comments • reddit.com

If you have or are getting lifetime member before the end of the month your account is going to be worth $750. Take the 5 minutes needed and setup 2 factor authentication.

Tech & Selfhosting #3

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Mailshine - Tech & Selfhosting #3

r/ExperiencedDevs

Anyone else notice supercharged junior/new grad dunning-kruger behavior lately?

218 comments • reddit.com

I’ve noticed the young guys in my org behave very differently from how juniors have historically acted.

First, I suspect these guys could not survive at all without llms. They don’t have the metal models to problem solve and work through tasks to develop domain expertise. They have some kind of token induced learned helplessness. I think they might not even have code editors on the systems; literally all work they do is typing into the prompt box of codex.

Despite this, they have extremely high confidence and no filter. They will throw out bizarre business and architectural ideas that are just totally nonsensical to anyone with domain expertise or even just some general engineering battle scars. The proposals will often be ai filtered to sound plausible and look impressive but they make no sense. They will initiate meetings with vendors and other teams, go above peoples heads and get management and directors involved in random stuff.

They will also frequently do low value …
Good intuition is one of the most underrated traits of your top engineers

154 comments • reddit.com
I see these posts all the time “What makes a great senior/staff/.. etc Engineer” and nobody ever talks about just having good intuition.

Over the past year, my engineering org has gone from <200 to >500 engineers and my reports specifically have focused on hiring senior and staff level engineers.

Now there are a few things that we did wrong, but in my defense, most of this was outside of my control.
1. We hired externally for positions instead of promoting some of our better engineers who exceeded. This seemed to be some sort of notion that our talent level was shit (and to be fair, we do have a lot of shit talent at the company), but the baby went out with the bath water.
2. We over indexed on pedigree during the hiring process. A number of engineers who I gave a thumbs down on were hired anyway because they came from a well known tech company. Even though it was obvious that they were probably dead weight at said company.
3. We failed to retain our top talent. We kind of forced this …
Over reliance on AI

285 comments • reddit.com

It feels like we’ve reached a point where even senior/staff engineers are making code changes through AI without fully understanding the changes themselves.

Recently, a staff engineer on my team opened an MR. I pointed out an obvious bug, but their response was basically a copy-paste from AI and barely had any meaning given the context. So not just the code changes but we’re also using AI to “complete” the conversations, and I’d be ashamed of myself if I were a staff.

That worries me. Not because AI is bad, but because of how over-reliant we’ve become on AI to the point we stopped using our inner creativity and the feeling of solving hard problems.

Is this becoming the new normal? Are we moving toward a version of SWE where people spend less time understanding systems and more time blindly prompting tools? At the same time, companies are also widely expecting more productivity from their employees and I am not sure if it’s the pressure of delivering …
Management started introducing "productivity" metrics that's rubbing me the wrong way

224 comments • reddit.com

So management started introducing some new things they are tracking for “productivity” which is starting to kind of put me on edge.

The first thing they are now starting to track: Pull Requests.

Not because they think having smaller PR’s makes reviewing easier, or to make the codebase healthy, but they are now using PR’s as a way to sort of grill Engineers or use as a “you’re not being productive” if PR’s haven’t been opened. My tech lead has told us that ANY change we are doing has to be done through a PR. PR’s are not being tracked at a team level but rather by each individual Engineer, so it has caused some of the engineers to do some odd things. Example, if two engineers are working on a PR and one of them submit the PR for review and then finally merge it to the main branch, that other engineer that was working along in the branch is shit out of luck and will probably get a talking to at the end of the week. So, now …
Feeling very behind right now

131 comments • reddit.com

Where were you all at 32?

I been in SWE for almost 8 years now, my salary does not reflect my skillset but I do like the place I work, they treat me well. I tried doing some interview the past month and no offer yet.

But I’m feeling so behind in my career, my goal is to be a system architect and I feel like I don’t deserve to ever get there and that’s its impossible for me to reach there.

Did anyone else feel like there career did not have much runway left?

r/selfhosted

Rad little eReader that connects to Calibre

131 comments • i.redd.it

I’m kind of super into this thing. I haven’t been this excited about reading since bookfairs in elementary school.
It’s the XTEink X4 running Crosspoint Reader Custom Firmware. I’m pretty sure it’s an esp32-C3 running inside but I’m not 100% sure.
TREK: the self-hosted realtime trip planner I posted here 3 months ago, rewritten and a lot bigger now

117 comments • i.redd.it
Hey everyone,

About three months ago I posted the first version of this here, back when it was called Nomad. It got way more attention than I was ready for and also took a fair beating in the comments, and a good chunk of that criticism was right. I have been working on it pretty much nonstop since, and at this point it is a different app, so a second post felt fair. It is called TREK now.

Quick recap of what it is: a self-hosted trip planner. You build an itinerary day by day, drop in places, times and notes, see everything on a map, and anyone you share a trip with edits it live alongside you. It runs on your own box and none of your travel data leaves it.

What is different since the Nomad post:
- It got fully rewritten. The first version was a “prototype” held together with tape. It is a clean monorepo now (client, server, shared contracts) and contributing no longer requires an archaeology degree.
- Realtime collaboration is solid. Two people editing the same day …
What's the most useful thing you self-host that isn't media related?

441 comments • reddit.com

I run the usual stuff: Pi-hole, Jellyfin, NAS. The basics. Lately I’ve been diving into self-hosting AI tools and it’s a different beast entirely compared to just running a media server.



The hardware requirements alone are a conversation. A 4K movie stream uses your GPU for transcoding maybe 5% of the time. Running a local LLM pins your GPU at 100% for minutes straight. The power draw difference is noticeable.



But the tradeoff is interesting: no API costs, no rate limits, no random service shutdowns. Once the hardware is in place, it’s yours. You can throw a million requests at it and the only cost is the electricity.



I’m curious what non-obvious things people in this community self-host. What’s the weirdest or most useful thing you run that surprised you with its value?
Safebucket v0.6.0 - Self-hosted file sharing, now with file preview, bulk download and LDAP

32 comments • i.redd.it
Hello!

We’re two friends working in tech, and we’ve been building Safebucket: a simple, S3-agnostic, open-source alternative to WeTransfer, Dropbox and Palmr.

What’s new in v0.6.0:
- File preview: Preview images, videos, text, etc directly in the UI
- Bulk download: Select several files and download them in one click
- LDAP support: Add your LDAP as an authentication provider
We’re open to feedback, contributions, and questions. What features would you like to see next?

Github: https://github.com/safebucket/safebucket
Documentation: https://docs.safebucket.io
TIL The next release of DokuWiki will finally have built-in Markdown support

31 comments • patreon.com
DokuWiki (the self-hosted, file-based wiki) was created before Markdown was popular, so the author created his own syntax specifically for DokuWiki.

Since the rise of StackOverflow, GitHub, and Reddit, Markdown is now everywhere. People have been creating third-party plugins for DokuWiki to add Markdown support, but it’s been mediocre. The next release of DokuWiki will finally have built-in Markdown support 🙏
- https://github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki/pull/4636
- https://www.patreon.com/dokuwiki/posts/dokuwiki-support-158080793

r/usenet

New to Usenet? Here’s a simple place to start

60 comments • reddit.com
We’ve had a lot of newer users finding the sub lately, so here’s a simple starting point.

What is Usenet?

Usenet is one of the oldest parts of the internet that is still actively used today.

It is a decentralized network of servers where articles are posted to newsgroups and carried across Usenet providers. It existed long before the modern web, and people still use it because it can be fast, reliable, private over SSL, and very powerful once it is set up correctly.

Unlike a single website or app, Usenet works through a few different parts: providers, indexers, NZBs, clients, and automation tools.

That is where the learning curve comes from. To fully use Usenet, you need to understand what each piece does and how they work together.

The basic pieces are:
- Provider — gives you access to Usenet servers
- Indexer/search — helps you find NZBs
- NZB — points your client to the articles it needs
- Client/newsreader — SABnzbd, NZBGet, etc. This connects to your provider and retrieves the …
Newshosting Summer Sale 2026 - Save 92% - $25.05 for 15 Months ($1.67/month)

149 comments • reddit.com
Summer is here, and we’re kicking it off with one of the best Newshosting deals of the year.

The Most Complete Usenet Bundle for $1.67/month

Includes:
- Unlimited Newshosting access
- 6,523+ days retention across 125,000+ newsgroups
- 100 SSL-secured connections
- Free newsreader with built-in search
- Free VPN account
- 250 GB Easynews bonus account
- 500 GB Tweaknews bonus account
Grab the deal: LINK

$25.05 for 15 months ($1.67/month)
- Includes 3 free months
- Renews at $71.88 per year thereafter
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Summer Bundle Highlights:

Unlimited Usenet Access

Unlimited access with full retention and access to Newshosting’s highest-completion network.

Free Newsreader with Search

The included newsreader makes it easy to search, browse, and access articles without needing extra software.

Bonus EU Backbone Coverage

The included 500 GB Tweaknews account provides access to a separate high-retention EU backbone for added coverage and completion.

Browser-Based …

☀️ Summer 2026 Usenet Deals Roundup

39 comments • reddit.com

I’ve gathered the current Summer 2026 Usenet promotions in one place to make it easier to compare the available offers. If I missed a provider or an existing deal changes, let me know and I’ll update the list.

Provider	Price	Backbone	Extras	Retention	Connections	Server / Policy	Reddit
Easynews	$1.99/mo ($29.85 / 15mo)	Omicron	Free VPN	6523+ days	60	US / DMCA	Post
Eweka	€2.50/mo (€37.50 / 15mo)	Eweka	Free VPN + 1TB Easynews	6520+ days	50	EU / NTD	Post
Newsgroup Ninja	$3.99/mo ($59.85 / 15mo)	Omicron	Free VPN	Full Retention	50	US / DMCA	-
NewsgroupDirect	$35/yr (Triple Play), $45/yr (Grand Slam)	UsenetExpress, Giganews, ViperNews, Usenet.Farm	Triple Play, Grand Slam, Free VPN	5797+ days	100	US / EU / DMCA & NTD	-
Newshosting	$1.67/mo ($25.05 / 15mo)	Omicron	Free VPN + 250GB Easynews + 500GB Tweaknews	6523+ days	100	US / EU / DMCA	Post
TurboUsenet	€38.47 / year (30% off)	Abavia	Non-recurring	3500+ days	50	EU / NTD	Post
Tweaknews	€2.99/mo (€44.85 …

Eweka Summer Deal: Unlimited Eweka Usenet + 1TB Easynews + VPN - now €2.50/month (83% off)

42 comments • reddit.com
Eweka is celebrating Summer with a deal that combines unlimited Usenet access, Easynews access, and VPN protection in one plan.

€2.50/month for the first 15 months (€37.50 total). This promotion includes 3 additional months at no extra cost.

Renews at €71.88 per year (€5.99/month).

EWEKA DEAL LINK

What’s included
- 6520+ days of retention
- Unlimited Eweka Usenet access
- 50 connections with SSL
- Newsreader with search included
- 1TB Easynews account (web-based Usenet access)
- Premium VPN account
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Every subscription includes a free newsreader with Usenet search, making it easy to search and access Usenet from a single desktop application.

The deal also includes a free 1TB Easynews account for web-based Usenet access and a free VPN account at no additional cost.

Behind every Eweka subscription is a trusted European Usenet backbone serving the Usenet community since 2002, delivering fast and stable speeds, excellent completion, and access to one of …
Easynews Summer 2026 Deal - $1.99/mo Unlimited Usenet + Web Access & Search

54 comments • reddit.com
Great news! Our $1.99/month special offer was originally expected to end, but due to popular demand, we’ve decided to extend it as our Summer 2026 promotion.

Thank you for your continued support, and we hope you enjoy Easynews at this special summer price!

The Easynews Summer Deal is now available for just $1.99/month. Unlimited Usenet. Built-in search. No setup required.

Easynews combines unlimited Usenet access with a built-in web interface and search engine, making it possible to search, browse, and access Usenet articles directly from your browser.

GET DEAL HERE

$1.99/month ($29.85 total for 15 months), renews at $79.99/year.

This includes:
- Unlimited Usenet access
- Web-based access with built-in search (no newsreader needed)
- Full NNTP access (works with any newsreader)
- 6,523+ days retention
- 60 connections
- Free VPN included (with kill switch, SmartDNS, and ad blocking)
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Why Easynews?

No setup required

Log in through your browser and …

r/plex+radarr+sonarr

Plex at kid’s Dental office

147 comments • reddit.com

I have never seen Plex being used in a professional setting like this so I am happy to see this. They are using it to have complete control over the options the kids can watch (plus don’t have to pay for a Netflix subscription like they had before) shout out to them for this!!!!

Anyone else experience plex on a business setting?
I caved and purchased a lifetime plex pass…

328 comments • reddit.com

I’m usually not a fan of financially supporting poor decisions, and I know I played right into the classic marketing trap, but after talking with my wife about ease of use and “turn-key” solutions we elected to pull the trigger and purchase the lifetime plex-pass before the price hike. We figured it’s better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it; plus, it will essentially pay for itself in 3-4 years, so there’s that. I know I’m not the only one to make this move, so hopefully I’m in good company lol.
I finally have all (I hope I didn't miss anything) of Doctor Who, including recreations of missing episodes and title cards. Now I just hope I end liking the show, cause I've never seen any of it.

92 comments • reddit.com

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https://preview.redd.it/b2d2p6th5p8h1.png?width=1332&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e016b9f4f52c3044499cda4a01a179fe16bddc2

https://preview.redd.it/tqtbas1j5p8h1.png?width=677&format=png&auto=webp&s=93ae5f1eaac9f87b19f143f7f1390773100a25aa

https://preview.redd.it/pzjqw4xp5p8h1.png?width=1372&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec5da231299799ad289a66d6203069d95f1a7171
Storage Purgatory

199 comments • reddit.com

I basically maxed out my 20 TB of storage right as the cost of storage has skyrocketed. Nobody can predict with certainty when the cost for hard drives will come back down, but it will probably be at least a year or two. Not sure what anybody else’s plans are. Just saying this sucks.
"To Boldly Go..." (This is why I freaking love Plex).

45 comments • reddit.com

“To Boldly Go…”

This is why I freaking love Plex.

https://preview.redd.it/yt4nb6i5kx8h1.png?width=3836&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1b215b45e4722ec65d52935c70f35031dc9e982

Tech & Selfhosting #2

Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Mailshine - Tech & Selfhosting #2

r/ExperiencedDevs

20 YoE 'high coupling, low cohesion' led to my current survival mantra: 'income, not outcome'

286 comments • reddit.com

Stealing “income not outcome” from someone over in r/overemployed (I’m not OE, I just follow)

I finally had a breakthrough today. I think. I (20 YoE) have been struggling in my role at a startup as someone who wears many hats from SA to ML eng to product eng to data eng, etc etc as I watch the amount of tech debt and security concerns (or lack of concern) accelerate in my young org. The drivers are mainly vibe-coding non-engineers and actual engineers that have kind of thrown in the towel on any logical design or planning of the system/software.

It kind of all culminated around a more mid-level engineer telling me “I gave up with everyone sending me AI summaries in Slack and tickets. I just feed it right back into Claude Code and let it do the thing.” I find those giant text walls unreadable myself and his mentality of “slop in, slop out” isn’t exactly unreasonable. The ‘outcomes’ aren’t great, but…..

Over the …
What traits have actually correlated with your best hires?

193 comments • reddit.com

We’ve hired a lot of people over the last 8 years. Our interview process works okay, but it’s far from perfect, one of our best hire we’ve ever had didn’t do amazing on our interviews but has really shined through later on.

Looking back at the people who turned out to be genuinely great hires, I’ve started noticing a couple of recurring traits:

* Low ego, but confident, they are happy to flag problems or suggest improvements on their own, and didn’t get defensive when challenged.

* Fast self-learners, could pick up new things without much hand holding.

Curious what others have found. What have you been able to correlate with your best hires, and just as interesting, did any of it surprise you / contradict what your interview process actually screens for? Or do you have any questions that you ask for now after making a few regretful hires?
Just some lady's opinion

53 comments • reddit.com

I’m a principal engineer and I’ve worked a long time in IT.

I’ve seen a lot of posts lately about the impacts and use of certain tooling, career anxiety, and whether or not they still matter.

I just wanted to say: you do!

Whether you’re new to IT or have been here a long time, use certain tools or don’t, at the end of the day you’re the person solving the complex tasks.

Your work still matters and so do you.

Don’t lose sight of that.

BTW - yes I’m a human. I’m trying to help put some positive messaging out there into the world.
Has software development shifted from building to last to building to replace?

145 comments • reddit.com

I’ve been in software engineering for 15 years, and one thing I’ve noticed is that earlier we’d build a system, take it to production, and it would run for years with small enhancements and maintenance.

Now it feels like every few years there’s a push to rewrite everything with a new tech stack, often because the existing system is considered “outdated” or “not sustainable.”

Have you noticed a similar shift in software, or is this just my perception? Are frequent rewrites driven by real business needs, or are we too quick to replace systems instead of evolving them?
What do you think about Mythos and Fable?

388 comments • reddit.com

I’m not american, so I can’t test them. In the age of LLMs, every week we hear that we’re all gonna be out of jobs by next week. Vibecoders get, of course, more insufferable, claiming that software engineering is gone.

Are the models really that good? Do you guys see an actual “replacement” coming? More job losses? Are they actually a good tool or is it all just smoke and mirrors to raise more money? Are they economically sustainable?

For me personally, they have been useful, but my company pays a shitload in tokens, I made some rough calculations and economically, they’re still too expensive to be more than a really expensive tool.

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PSA: Oracle is changing free tier limits. Update by the 15th to avoid charges

255 comments • reddit.com
Original post (can’t crosspost): https://www.reddit.com/r/oraclecloud/s/jypxIpfvqT

https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier_topic-Always_Free_Resources.htm

New limits:

- ARM: 2 OCPUs and 12GB of RAM (from 4 OCPUs and 24GB of RAM)

- AMD: Unchanged (still 2x 1 CPU, 1 GB)

Billing starts on the 15th (in 2 days). Update your instances by then, otherwise free instances will be shut down and PAYG instances will be charged $10-15 at the end of the month. Oracle decided to not notify their users about this…

To update the instance:
1. Back up any important data
2. Log in to Oracle Cloud dashboard, head to the “Instances” section and click on your instance.
3. Click on Actions -> More actions -> Edit (see 3rd image)
4. Change “Number of OCPUs” to 2 and “Amount of Memory” to 12 (see 4th image)
5. Click “Save changes”. The new limits will be applied and your instance will restart.
EDIT: More confirmation from Oracle …
University of California launches first of its kind datacenter powered by 2,000 Pixel phones - A low-carbon computing platform from retired phones

200 comments • research.google

Found this news interesting, confirming what most of us here already realized: creating a self-hosted server out of used phones is an incredibly cost-efficient solution, especially with today’s storage and memory costs.

They’re essentially stripping out the motherboard from the phones, installing a Linux distro that doesn’t contain all the consumer device protections like a low-memory killer daemon, and finally organized together in 25-50 device clusters

Some highlights:

“The single-threaded performance of modern smartphones’ performance processor cores is on-par with or better than those of modern multicore servers “

“SPEC benchmarking results indicate that 25-50 phones equate to a modern server”

“Early experiments show that even a moderately-sized cluster of 20 phones is capable of supporting peak submission rates for a 75+ student class, with grading latencies below the default AWS backend. A 2,000 phone deployment will be capable …
Running a Mac as home server and couldn't be happier. Power efficient, fast, small. Roast me!

335 comments • i.redd.it

I finally decided to get a home server a while ago. I’ve built my own PCs since I was a kid, my first was an AMD K6-2 at 400 MHz with an NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Pro. So I did what I always do: hand-picked the components for a box to host and back up our photos and videos. In November that build was €800. By December the same parts were €1,200. (The same setup is now €1800) for 16GB of RAM and no GPU. I hesitated. And the part that really bugged me: I’m a software engineer, and I wanted to be able to run local LLMs. And that build couldn’t do it.

I used to laugh at Apple fanboys back when they soldered Intel chips.
Fast forward to March ‘26: I bought a used Mac Studio M1 Max (64GB, 4TB) for €1,700 and made it the home server instead.

Then I plugged in a wattmeter and left it running for 16 days. Literally could not believe the numbers first and had to double check. It showed 8 watts during “idle” (No inference running)!

Real use: 25 Docker containers …
I stopped hand-drawing my homelab diagram. Now it rebuilds itself from code on every push

51 comments • i.redd.it

My network diagram used to go stale the second I changed anything, so I made it a build artifact instead of a drawing.

It’s a .d2 text file (D2, diagram-as-code) in my repo. A GitHub Actions workflow watches that file, renders it with the ELK layout engine to SVG, rasterizes that to PNG, and commits the result back. The image in my README can’t drift from the source anymore. I add a node or a service, edit a few lines of text, and the diagram redraws itself on the next push.

The icons are the bit I like most. Proxmox, Talos, ArgoCD, Cilium, Falco and the rest aren’t stored in the repo at all. They get pulled from public icon repos at render time and inlined into the SVG, so the output is self-contained and I never touch an image file. It’s all public if you want to lift the setup: https://github.com/mortennordbye/homelab. The .d2 source and the workflow live in docs/diagrams/ and .github/workflows/render-diagram.yaml.
Human curated, no-slop list of selfhosted apps?

96 comments • reddit.com

For a long time, I have been using the awesome-selfhosted Github repo to browse/shop for stuff I could selfhost on my stuff. But with the influx of one-shot slopware, I am looking for a place where I can find a good list of selfhosted things. :)

Any index/list that you can recommend?

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Ninja Central is open for registration

117 comments • reddit.com

https://ninjacentral.co.za/register



Get it while it’s open!
[StingyUsenet] 30% discount + 5% for every goal for Curaçao

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Waddap y’all!

14-06 19:24 - Edit #1: So yes, Curacao scored a goal. Who would have thought. Stop the cheering already; it’s costing us money. We’re at 35% discount now.

The World Cup is full of football (USA, pay attention here: FOOTBALL, where you play with YOUR FOOT), but StingyUsenet is backing Curaçao. The smallest country in the tournament somehow made it this far, which is already more than most people expected.

To celebrate, we’re starting with a 30% discount. For every goal Curaçao scores, we’ll add another 5% discount. One goal, more savings. Two goals, even more. If they keep finding the net, we’ll keep increasing the deal. Being the football (USA, pay attention here: FOOTBALL, where you play with YOUR FOOT)-super power they are, we’re taking a HUGE risk here.

The offer lasts as long as Curaçao does. Once they’re out, …
Do not purchase ViperNews supscriptions!

29 comments • reddit.com

I should have known better.

The price was tempting so I went for it. Their product is absolute garbage and the service is nonexistent.

50 to 70% of all nzbs didn’t finish becaue of missing articles.

They have a “risk-free 7-day money-back guarantee”. I contacted them 4 times - nothing.

Wasted timd and money. Dont do the same mistake.

edit:
My 50 to 70% estimate was a gut figure made out of anger. Thanks for your input. 70% completion is still garbage. The poor completion rate alone doesn’t even bother me. There are surely use cases for that.

Ghosting a customer who wants to use their “risk-free 7 day guaranteed money back” option is scammy corpo bullshit.
Does anyone even use usenet for communication?

37 comments • reddit.com

…or is this all [p-word] and [w-word]?

I mean, like as the thing is; as a mailing list or forum?

From my understanding, it’s email style?

Where are the chats happening?
NZBGet v26.2 Client Release Notes

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As teased recently, with v26.2 the WebUI is officially no longer English-only! This release also brings network speed unit switching, support for standard ~/.config locations, 7-Zip and UnRAR updates, and bug fixes.

Features:
- Multi-Language Support: The WebUI natively supports 20 languages with auto-detection! Layout responsiveness and config text readability have also been improved to make sure everything looks great in any language [#813].
https://preview.redd.it/eny3vspzj18h1.png?width=1317&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a4079b06d77646d179977c9e0cb508dce0aaa50

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Alongside this massive translation update, here are the other quality-of-life additions:
- Unit Switching: Added the ability to toggle network speed display between MB/s and Mb/s [#813].
- Config Support: Added support for standard ~/.config …

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I just got hit with Plex’s new TV updates… It’s horrible

317 comments • reddit.com

Idk if other platforms have had this update already but I have all FireTVs in my home. I just turned on my TV this evening, like I always do, and BAM. My TV app looks completely identical to the ugly mobile app. AND ITS SUPER BUGGY AND SLOW and unresponsive. Like such a mess it belongs still in Beta. Why was this rolled out???? I actually liked the old Plex UI. This is terribly not functional. It looks like they just wanna copy Netflix with this UI. Anyone else been having issues with this new update?

Jeez, they even removed all the player controls. What a mess. I tolerated it on mobile but TV too???

UPDATE: I just side loaded the older version of Plex. I feel so much better now, it’s great to be home.

To all the people saying “You’ll get used to it”, sure I would if it actually worked. The update is cool looking but completely unusable to me right now. I’m not dealing with that. I built my server for a better streaming experience, not bs.
Plex now shows file sizes for downloads.

18 comments • i.redd.it

Just wish we could have more bitrate options

Edit: as for bitrate it gives the option to download each time, same options
Original
1080p 20Mbs
720p 4mbs
And 480 1.5mps

That’s fine but it should be more like the regular trascoding
Found my original Plex library, kind of...

26 comments • reddit.com

I’m doing some deep cleaning at home and I found one old box of VHS tapes from the mid to late 90’s. As a teenager I used to record shows. I’m sure that a lot of these are even commercial free. I used to stop recording at commercial breaks and start back up again when it came back on. I would like to see some of those old commercials though. I am sure I have more boxes too. I just need to find them.



So I’m wondering when did your obsession with saving media start? How many of you also used to do this, if you’re my age or older. I was there for the start of Napster which changed everything. I was also one of the first Netflix customers with the 8 DVD at a time subscription. I also have books filled with DVD’s ripped from that Netflix subscription. I remember at first how they would come super fast, but they must of realized what a lot of us were doing because they slowed down how fast they would come. Oh the good old days.

 …
Why Spectrum, why?

98 comments • reddit.com

I’m at my folks visiting and they have a new cable modem and router from their provider. So I see the Plex app in the UI and get logged in. I connect as my mom and start to get her home screen set with favorites and everything, and my server isn’t showing. Ok, I switch users and it’s the same for me. Hmm, maybe my server is down or something, but everything is working fine on my phone.

It turns out that Spectrum Xumo has basically nerfed the Plex app and does not allow personal streaming servers. I guess they think that their services should be enough, why would anyone ever want anything else. #%$#@@%\^

And my folks are old enough to not want to switch back and forth, they’re OK ditching my stream because the cable company has stuff…

So question, is there a way to get the Plex app unlocked?
Building plex library in 2026- still viable?

314 comments • reddit.com

I’m trying to decide whether it still makes sense in 2026 to build a Plex-based library by ripping discs, or whether I should shift toward buying digital movies through Apple instead. My main draw to Plex is local ownership and potentially higher quality from UHD Blu-ray sources, but I’m increasingly concerned about the long-term practicality of the ripping ecosystem itself. UHD Blu-ray drives seem to be getting harder to find and more expensive, and it feels like the hardware/software stack for ripping is becoming more niche over time.

At the same time, my actual use case is mostly convenience-driven—rewatching TV shows and movies in bed or on different devices, not necessarily building a massive archive. So I’m trying to understand whether Plex still makes sense as a system to invest in today if the initial ripping phase is increasingly constrained by hardware availability. For those actively building or maintaining libraries now, do you see ripping as still sustainable long term, …

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One Kind Thing to Do When a Coworker Is Laid Off: Reach Out

143 comments • reddit.com

It’s always interesting to me how when coworker gets laid off suddenly after 2,5,10, even 20 years who actually reaches out to them after on Linkedin.
They get their slack and laptop shut down immediately so they can’t tell anyone and then throughout next few days your colleagues find out you were.

REACH OUT if you worked with them!! Say Hey how are you doing? It was a pleasure working with you and wish you success.

It is sad in our industry we work 10-12 hour days a huge part of our lives in at work everyday interacting with the same group of people yet when you’re done some of them say nothing at all. Or worse they linger on your profile and disappear like all those years were just nothing. At a human level, if you had positive interaction say something.

It feels good to the laid off person having some connection to bring closure to it. No one’s expecting long notes or that every person will but you would expect the PM you talk to everyday the SWE constantly mingling on ERD to say …
Did the AI hype cycle damage your relationship with leadership?

246 comments • reddit.com

There’s a lot of posts on here about, of course, AI and how it’s caused havoc and anxiety amongst developers, and something I’ve been thinking about is the attitude given off by a lot of companies and non-dev leaders and workers in general. There was almost a delight in the idea of completely replacing full teams of human beings with a robot that could replace them. Lots of smirking and snide comments.

I remember seeing ads for AI solutions (many of which were garbage and are now gone) happily brag that you’ll be able to cut massive amounts of people. I know progress is progress but still there was a tone of “thanks for your service, don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out, dorks.”

Now that some of the hype has scaled back a bit and companies are either rehiring devs or greatly reducing their estimates for layoffs, I’m just wondering if it’s made you look at leadership the same way? I’m not trying to sound like …
The biggest problem with AI is not correctness - it is architecture sanity

267 comments • reddit.com

Most of the experienced folks say - of AI is not production ready because it produces bugs or shitty code overall. They add more tests and do manual code reviews, and hope it fixes the AI problem.

Well, it is true if you use shit models (anything < the latest Anthropic/OpenAI), but the story is about something different.

Good models generate production-ready code, covered with tests - there’s not much you can improve actually.

The biggest issue is overengineering.

I did not see an agent ever suggesting to drop 3 tables and 30% of code to simplify the app.

You ask for updates - and it will keep generating shit by adding mode code, + extending your schema, + converters + migrations + tests.

Everything looks solid and kinda production ready, but the whole thing is already poisoned - it keeps accumulating the tech debt.

Eventually you will need some major feature added and it does not fit the schema, and you realize there’s not much you can do in reasonable amount of …
Any other experienced developers just not have the time to prep for the difficulty of interviews?

134 comments • reddit.com

during my unemployment period, there were multiple jobs that were transparent about the interview process. While I appreciated the transparency, it was also a bit taken back that some where four, six, seven plus rounds in total. Like what?? I personally have a young family and with the wife picking up more hours, I obviously had more responsibilities at home, and with that barely any time to search for jobs, do interviews, and then restudy/relearn all my Data Structures and Algorithms for the leetcode challenge. And why?? If they’re just gonna Make me us AI to prompt my way to not writing a line of code. Guess it’s my fault for not being a cracked engineer? Lol

And not just parents I imagine if someone currently has a job and perhaps less responsibilities at home, how are you gonna explain to your employer that you’re gonna be absent for an hour plus the coming weeks? oh and also time to study and prepare for the interviews.

again maybe it’s my fault for not keeping up with DSA, i …
Has the bar actually gotten lower?

317 comments • reddit.com

First off, I’ll acknowledge that this is probably one of the most confusing times to work in technology. AI is reshaping the industry in how we work, in how we solve problems, in how we get information.

But I feel like I’m losing it a little bit. I’ve been hiring for a few weeks now and have been wildly disappointed with the candidates I’m seeing. We’re using the same panels we used half a decade ago, a time where good devs were at a premium, and finding that candidates can’t get halfway through the problem. It’s gotten to the point where my interviewers are asking if they should use different questions because these are too hard.

And it seems to be true across the leveling spectrum. Mid levels who don’t know the difference between map and forEach and seniors/managers who don’t know how state is managed.

Maybe this is my “Ok boomer” moment and I need to understand that devs are prompting more and writing less code themselves. I’m prepared to receive that feedback. But I expect my …

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Blue checkmark on emails

152 comments • i.redd.it

How can I get such a blue verification check mark on my personal domains?

Is it something I’d need to pay for or something only available for big established brands?
I think I might be living with some disabilities

63 comments • i.redd.it

Atleast according to perplexity..
PSA: Oracle is changing free tier limits. Update by the 15th to avoid charges

119 comments • reddit.com
Original post (can’t crosspost): https://www.reddit.com/r/oraclecloud/s/jypxIpfvqT

https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/FreeTier/freetier_topic-Always_Free_Resources.htm

New limits:

- ARM: 2 OCPUs and 12GB of RAM (from 4 OCPUs and 24GB of RAM)

- AMD: Unchanged (still 2x 1 CPU, 1 GB)

Billing starts on the 15th (in 2 days). Update your instances by then, otherwise free instances will be shut down and PAYG instances will be charged $10-15 at the end of the month. Oracle decided to not notify their users about this…

To update the instance:
1. Back up any important data
2. Log in to Oracle Cloud dashboard, head to the “Instances” section and click on your instance.
3. Click on Actions -> More actions -> Edit (see 3rd image)
4. Change “Number of OCPUs” to 2 and “Amount of Memory” to 12 (see 4th image)
5. Click “Save changes”. The new limits will be applied and your instance will restart.
EDIT: More confirmation from Oracle …
20 apps i actually run on my home server and which ones are worth it

171 comments • reddit.com

been self hosting for a while now and theres a huge difference between apps people recommend and apps that are actually worth maintaining long term

ones i actually kept running:

- nextcloud — replaced google drive and photos, worth the setup headache

- vaultwarden — bitwarden but yours. rock solid

- jellyfin — media server, no subscription ever again

- pihole — network-wide adblock, cant imagine going back

- uptime kuma — monitoring dashboard, super clean

- immich — google photos replacement, still in heavy development but already solid

- paperless-ngx — document scanning and organisation, way more useful than expected

- mealie — recipe manager, actually use it

ones i set up and abandoned:

- gitea — cool but i just use github, no real reason to self host this unless youre paranoid

- matrix/element — tried to get people to switch, nobody did lol

- bookstack — wiki is nice but overkill for personal use

the pattern i noticed is that apps replacing paid subscriptions are …
Reverse engineered BLE protocol of a $7 generic Chinese smart ring from Temu, and built an iOS app for it

175 comments • i.redd.it

I loved the idea behind the Google Fitbit Air: an LLM wrapped around your health data, daily briefs, and a coach you can ask questions.

But there app is really terrible, it’s expensive $100 band plus $10/mo, and Google getting a constant stream of your heart rate, sleep, and other private data. Whoop is worse, with a subscription that runs up to $360 a year. It won’t take much for these companies to start selling our health data to health insurances.

So I bought a $7 generic Chinese smart ring off Temu. It came with an app with an abysmal UI, and again, you have no idea whether it’s shipping your data to some server. I used a BLE dongle to sniff the packets between the ring and the app and worked out the protocol, then built my own iOS app that keeps all the data locally on your iPhone.

Introducing PulseLoop: a no-subscription, open-source iOS app. Your health data stays on your phone, paired with an AI coach that reads your real ring data, draws charts, and …

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Release Notes - SABnzbd 5.0.4

15 comments • reddit.com
https://sabnzbd.org/downloads

In this fifth major release of SABnzbd, we included:
- Smarter (and potentially faster) downloads with NNTP Pipelining and Direct Write.
- Reliability gains from a reworked cache and safer processing.
- A significant number of bug fixes and platform updates.
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.4
- RSS feed modifications no longe require clicking Apply Filters.
- Fixed RSS priority handling.
- Server Test could block the queue.
- Use reduced progress bar width in Compact layout.
- Replaced unreliable directory access check.
- Prevent crash in idle-jobs check.
- Jobs with invalid date would show as Fetching.
- Windows and macOS: Updated Python to 3.14.5 and Unrar to 7.22.
Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3
- Fetching NZB’s failed on new installations.
- Queue entries from older versions now load correctly after upgrading.
- nzo_id now uses GUIDs to prevent duplicates.
- Updating to 5.0 now succeeds even when duplicate nzo_id values exist.
- URL fetching no longer …
UsenetPrime 7 Year Anniversary Sale!!! | Discounted Annual, Semi-Annual Combo Plans and Combo Blocks

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7 Year Anniversary Sale (click here)

🎉 7 Years in Business 🎉

This week marks our 7th anniversary, and I want to express my deepest gratitude to our incredible Members. Your unwavering support, dedication, and compassion have been the foundation of our growth, and I am truly grateful for your presence in my life.

Let us raise a toast to all the remarkable achievements we have accomplished together, and to the exciting opportunities that lie ahead! 🙌

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Usenet and VPN.

45 comments • reddit.com

If usenet is secure, why do some places bundle it with a VPN? Always curious about this.

Has anyone gotten a letter about downloading anything from their ISP or from anyone else?

Curious before I dig in and start downloading.

if you’re using an indexer site, couldn’t they hand over your information? Some dont allow throw away emails, so wouldnt be too hard to figure out the user then.
Anyone else having issues with NZBgeek

15 comments • reddit.com

Currently keep getting an error when trying to download nzbs, it brings me to another page and says server temporarily unavailable. Just wanted to make sure it wasnt just me. Never had this issue before.

Update: Someone on discord said “An upstream provider is currently experiencing large scale volumetric DDOS attacks.”
[UsenetAgency] The World Cup 2026: 25% off (and 5% extra for every round the Dutch make advance)

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Hi All!

The 2026 World Cup is just around the corner! As teams gear up for their first matches, we’re kicking things off with an attractive discount on your UsenetAgency subscription. At UsenetAgency, reliability, professional service, and a stable connection are our top priorities. That’s why we’re launching this 2026 World Cup promotion with a whopping 25% discount. And that’s just the beginning.

During the tournament, the discount can actually increase even further. For every round the Dutch national team (Oranje) manages to advance through, we’ll increase the current discount by another 5%. If “Oranje” moves on to the next round, you’ll automatically benefit from an extra discount. This way, following the World Cup isn’t just exciting on the field, but also for your wallet. The further the Netherlands advances, the higher the discount …

r/plex+radarr+sonarr

Elan confirms he is the only person working on Plexamp

278 comments • reddit.com

So we knew its bad with maybe 2-3 people working on it…but never thought literally no one is except the person who left in his spare time out of passion

Elan response “ Plex kindly allowed me to keep access to Plexamp source and make changes to it, but I’m the only one working on it.”
Made a digital movie poster for my man cave.

133 comments • reddit.com

Used a cheap Roku tv and a pi to make a dynamic poster. Cycles every 10 seconds or so. Displays random movies, stuff coming soon via sonarr and radarr etc. It all runs on a pi and Posterr. The screen is powered on and off via my home automation system so when I leave the screen shuts down.
While others move away from Plex, I did the opposite

292 comments • reddit.com

I know most people don’t care, but I still feel like posting my experience.
This is the internet after all, lol.

With all the recent ongoing stuff, this place has obviously been filled with people who say they are moving away from Plex because they are unhappy with the direction its going.
I’m not going to comment on what I think about that, other than that I think everyone is always entitled to their own opinion.

But for me personally, I have actually moved over from Emby to Plex.
I’m probably in the minority to do so in recent times, but here we are.

Not because I’m unhappy with Emby, in fact, I will keep it on in the background, because I still love messing around and being very free in what I can do to it.
But the stuff a lot of people call “feature bloat” are actually things I was missing in Emby and Jellyfin.

I’m a sucker for User Interfaces and User Experiences, and no matter how much time and effort I spend in customising the Emby …
Feature that Plex should implement: auto-subtitle grabbing.

142 comments • reddit.com

I feel like one feature that actually makes sense for plex would be for Plex to use it’s avaliable index of subtitles and be able to automatically grab subtitles for titles on your server missing them. Since I find programs like Bazarr to be very finicky and pretty bad at downloading stuff, it would be nice if plex could automatically download and sync up captions. I’ve already posted this to the Plex feature recommendation page, but I wanted to see what the good people of reddit would think.
Transatlantic Plex

101 comments • i.redd.it

Thought I’d post this as I thought it was cool. I have a home in Texas and a home in the UK with my Plex server being located in Texas. I was able to setup a HD Homerun in both locations, with the UK Homerun accessible over my Tailnet. So they all appear in one Plex feed and I can watch from anywhere on earth. Works really well. Can also happily stream my 4K Blu-ray rips.

Perfect for when I want to watch football in the US and rugby in the UK.

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What is GeoPulse?

Biggest changes since the last post

Vector maps

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What is Usenet?

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Features:

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Features and bug fixes in 5.0.4

Features and bug fixes in 5.0.1, 5.0.2 and 5.0.3

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