The homelab is starting to take shape. What should I add next? This is just what I have running on my Proxmox box. #homelab #selfhost

I just looked at a Samsung SATA SSD drive I bought at the end of 2023; it's doubled since. It will double again in the next 18 months with whatever supply is left. Glad I got one for my PS5 already. Do they dare stop making use 3.5 drives next?

A few weeks ago Micron announced it’s exiting the Crucial consumer business to focus on AI. Yesterday, a Samsung leak suggested they may end production of budget SATA SSDs for the same reason. It’s hard not to see a pattern. If consumer hardware keeps getting sidelined, homelabbers and self-hosters lose affordable ways to own their data and run their own systems. Feels like we’re being nudged toward the cloud by economics rather than choice. Maybe it’s time to treat hard drives like a scarce resource. Are we overreacting, or is consumer-owned hardware being quietly phased out? #privacy #homelab #selfhost #selfhosted #asknostr

CAT (Combat Application Tourniquet) Gen 7

People often dismiss privacy because they think their lives are too ordinary to matter. Convenience becomes the default, and convenience is always engineered. Many say, “I have nothing to hide,” assuming that makes the trade-off harmless. But the harm isn’t immediate: it’s downstream. When all that data accumulates in the hands of a few, control follows. Privacy isn’t about secrecy; it’s about sovereignty. It’s the decision not to outsource your autonomy just because the alternative feels easier in the moment.

A huge wave of central-bank/ government intervention to keep the system from imploding

Raspberry Pi raising prices because RAM costs are going crazy this year. And with Crucial bowing out of the consumer market, things might get worse before they get better. #selfhost #homelab https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/1gb-raspberry-pi-5-now-available-at-45-and-memory-driven-price-rises/

It’s cold out, so I’m going to setup and configure Syncthing (on Proxmox) to sync my Obsidian notes from my desktop pc and iPhone. Syncthing is an open source, peer-to-peer sync platform designed to replace proprietary cloud solutions. It puts you in complete control of your data: its storage location, its path across the network, and who can access it. What do you guys use to sync your files? #selfhost #homelab