The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast #685 – Data Provenance in the Home, Server, and Fab
Dec 23, 2024
The hosts tackle everyday tech frustrations, from unreliable printers to home networking snafus. They discuss amusing audio challenges and dive into the Raspberry Pi 5 release, alongside insights on solar energy systems. A humorous look at copyright struggles and the nostalgic impact of the Fairlight synthesizer on music follows. The conversation shifts to Intel's corporate shake-up and the evolving semiconductor landscape, ending with reflections on user-friendly design in PCB software. Synths and woodworking hobbies make a delightful appearance, wrapping up a tech-savvy dialogue.
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Host Services In Isolated VMs Or Containers
- Run services in containers or VMs to isolate and consolidate tasks like multiple Solar Assistant instances.
- Use tools like Proxmox to host several virtual machines on one physical server for reliability and separation.
Maintenance Is The Hard Part Of Self‑Hosting
- Keeping self-hosted systems running continuously is often harder than getting them set up.
- Durable infrastructure frequently relies on humans or paid help to monitor and restart services.
Nuking Windows Partition To Remove Corporate Locks
- Dave nuked an old Windows partition to remove corporate locks instead of swapping drives.
- He ended up signing into a Microsoft account to bypass setup complexity and frustration.
