962: The Home Server / Synology Show

Wes and Scott talk about their evolving home-server setups—Synology rigs, Mac minis, Docker vs. VMs, media servers, backups, Cloudflare Tunnels, and the real-world pros and cons of running your own hardware.


Show Notes



00:00 Welcome to Syntax!


01:35 Why use a home server?


07:29 Apps for home servers


16:23 Home server hardware


18:27 Brought to you by Sentry.io



20:45 VMs vs containers and choosing the right software


25:53 How to expose services to the internet safely


30:38 Securing access to your server



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