Self-hosted — your data, your rules

Ten videos, under a minute each.

Published on YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels. Players appear here as each episode goes live.

The long version.

Every episode has an article that goes deeper — with commands, screenshots and links you can actually follow.

• 01 Instead of Google Drive Sync to a NAS you own, with Nextcloud on top. Your cloud, your disk. 4 min
• 02 Tracking versus your own server What Google knows about you, next to what your own NAS knows. 4 min
• 03 Jellyfin in three minutes Docker and docker-compose — four commands and your media library is live. 4 min
• 04 NAS vs cloud — the cost conversation A storage bill every month against a box you buy once. Do the maths. 4 min
• 05 Immich without Google Photos Holiday photos that stay yours, with backup from every phone in the house. 4 min
• 06 Where does your data live? The USA or Warsaw — GDPR, jurisdiction and what data sovereignty actually means. 4 min
• 07 Home Assistant on your NAS A smart home with no subscription: bulbs, thermostats and automations that stay local. 4 min
• 08 File syncing across devices Change it on the desktop, see it on the phone. How syncing actually works. 4 min
• 09 Local server, zero lag One millisecond from the next room against 150 from the other side of the Atlantic. 4 min
• 10 The 3-2-1 backup rule A fire, a local server and one copy somewhere else — disaster recovery in plain terms. 3 min