I tried using DuckDNS for a while for DDNS, but noticed it seemed to have frequent periods of a few minutes each when it just wouldn’t resolve. Also was unable to get a matrix/synapse setup working behind it. It’s handy as a free service and nice if you just need basic DDNS, but it’s not the most reliable for hosting stuff from my experience.

I eventually settled on buying my own domain. Was much cheaper and easier to figure out DNS management than I was expecting, and my hosted services run so smoothly now.

Edit RE: downvotes: fuck me for sharing my experience? Kinda thought that was the point of this community…

This is one of the reasons why I set up a Wireguard VPN connection to my home network, and an on-demand VPN connection on my phone that automatically turns on anytime I’m not on the home network. Even away from home I get the benefits of my Pi-hole+Unbound (running as recursive resolver) setup.

I use Watchtower for keeping my containers up to date (apologies if you’re already familiar). Has been very much a set-it-and-forget-it experience.

SoulSeek via Nicotine+ running on my NAS sharing my music, movies, and TV shows.

Gotcha - we’re on opposite sides of the backplane, so to speak. I’m in the opposite position - I’m an IP tech and frequently coordinate with field techs to migrate our customers’ circuits between service routers, and I’ve never actually seen one of these in person.

I like working in those. JunOS seems to give the most helpful error messages compared to Cisco IOS or Nokia SR OS.

Do these work ok on a glass top stove?

Do you want basilisks? Because this is how you get basilisks.

Nicotine+ w/webUI, docker

Sorry, just poking at ya. Having these apps in docker does have its use cases, though. I run it in docker on my NAS since that’s where all my media files are, and I like for it to always be available to other downloaders even if my desktop is off.

https://lucida.to/

I’ve found it’s a great source for e-books, as well.

Restaurant wasn’t in a ticketed park. The tickets are as relevant as the D+ trial.

Not missing much. It’s full of WASP-y pearl-clutchers.