VLOG Thursday 366: Newsletter, Home Assistant, Home Lab, Tech Talk Live Q&A
Channel: Lawrence Systems
Date: 2024-01-18

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Welcome to VLOG Thurday Live Q&A
0:52 - Newsletter update
5:22 - Favorite tech products 
7:22 - Community events
8:18 - Home automation with Home Assistant
12:44 - Home Assistant on a USB stick
16:40 - SD card durability
21:58 - DIY power monitoring
24:03 - More on Home Assistant 
27:22 - Traffic monitoring
29:54 - Device tracking
34:50 - TrueNAS Scale in production
37:04 - Remote phone access
38:30 - App shortcuts via notifications
38:46 - Surveillance system comparison
40:02 - Harvester Virtualization
41:18 - Securing Home Assistant access  
42:23 - Thoughts on VMware and Broadcom
43:14 - TwinGate 
44:50 - Network cards for XCP-NG 
46:15 - VMware business analysis
47:54 - Zero trust networks
49:23 - Email service notifications
52:20 - Tailscale
52:41 - AI applications in homelabs
58:00 - Self-hosting AI
58:20 - OpenVPN DNS issues  
59:50 - 10GbE Mac Mini problems
1:01:50 - Affordable layer 3 switches
1:05:20 - Thoughts on Datto BCDR and Kaseya
1:07:20 - Best practices for ZFS snapshots
1:09:20 - UPS recommendations
1:12:55 - Migrating from VMware to XCP-NG
1:15:35 - PoE Mini PCs
1:16:29 - Limited thermostat compatibility 
1:19:58 - More on Home Assistant
1:21:34 - Star Trek chat  
1:33:18 - Netgate 4200 firewall
1:35:46 - LogSeq 
1:38:40 - Multi-room gaming 
1:44:10 - Internal IT documentation with Hudu
1:48:30 - Tom office setup
1:53:55 - Getting an IT job
1:56:48 - Business partnership update
1:59:41 - Thoughts on Backblaze 
2:01:50 - Nextcloud tips
2:02:27 - Stream Deck Mini discussion 
2:04:53 - Self-hosted Learning Lab