How we got started in our tech careers, how and why we moved into the cloud, and why the cloud often makes more sense than on-prem.

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SMTP relays and observability, why we didn’t recommend Podman over Docker to a newcomer, and Gary gives us an update on his homelab.

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The first steps to move away from a “pets” mindset and towards automation and infrastructure as code, why we use a lot of abstraction at home, and how to use your homelab to improve your employment prospects. With guest host Joe Ressington from Late Night Linux.

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What exactly is platform engineering, and how does it differ from DevOps?

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Shane gives us an update on his janky Kubernetes homelab. The storage is under control with ZFS, he’s got a decent switch, and everything is in Git – so maybe it isn’t that janky anymore.

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What to think about when picking a public cloud provider, and why it depends on the needs of your business. Free credits, billing complexity, available tools, small clouds vs the big three, hiring people with experience of particular cloud platforms, support, compliance, ease of repatriation, and more.

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How we access home environments from outside the home network while trying to stay secure using VPNs, Wireguard, overlay VPNs (like Tailscale and Nebula) and reverse proxies. Sean introduces us to Pangolin as an open source alternative middle-ground.

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How much observability and monitoring is really needed, the tooling people actually use (from Datadog and Grafana Cloud to open source options like Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo), and how to approach observability without overcomplicating things.

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After over 10 years of using Synology appliances for his backups, Gary has had enough of their shenanigans and needs to rethink his whole setup.

Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives

AOOSTAR NAS series

UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay Desktop NAS

Fractal Design Node 304 – Black – Mini Cube Compact Computer Case

TrueNAS Mini

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When should you consider using a third-party management tool, rather than just the ones built into your cloud of choice?

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