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This Week in Self-Hosted (29 November 2024)

Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, November 29, 2024

This Week in Self-Hosted (29 November 2024)
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The initial draft of this week's newsletter had a cheeky comment about Americans celebrating Thanksgiving while also subsequently immersing themselves in the consumerism of Black Friday the following day, but I feel like those remarks have been overdone.

Instead, enjoy a brief list of deals I found for those looking to expand their setups this holiday season:

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Review: More power, same form factor
The Raspberry Pi 5 now in a Compute Module 4 sized package
Tom's HardwareLes Pounder
Hetzner raises prices while significantly lowering bandwidth (US)
Hetzner raises prices This morning I received an email from Hetzner stating that they are raising prices in the US while significantly reducing bandwidth. The largest price percentage increase is 27.52% for CPX21 servers, and the smallest is 4.17% for CX3+ servers. Bandwidth allotments are decreasing on average, across all products, 88.19% from previous allotments. I’ve been a big fan of Hetzner. Unfortunately they’ve made a feeble attempt to dress this change up in the name of “fairness”.
Adriano Caloiaro's personal blog
Council Post: The Future Of .IO Domains: Critical Insights For Tech Leaders
In this article, I explore the potential scenarios for .io’s future, the risks for domain owners and why a solid domain strategy is crucial.
ForbesDaniel Strauss
A New Plex Experience is Coming
Get a mobile preview, and join our testing program.
Plexjerry

Software Updates

Breaking Changes

PSA: Breaking Changes to Porkbun DNS Plugin for SWAG | Info :: LinuxServer.io
If you use the Porkbun certbot plugin with SWAG for DNS validation you need to ensure that you have updated your SWAG container to at least version 3.0.1-ls337 before 2024-12-01, as Porkbun are making changes to their API endpoint that will cause older versions of the plugin to stop working. Specifically, they are updating their API domain root from porkbun.com to api.porkbun.com. If you are unsure which version of SWAG you are running, you can use docker inspect -f ’{{ index .
Info :: LinuxServer.io

New Software

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Local = Reliable
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Content Spotlight: Readeck

Meet Readeck, a self-hosted read later and bookmarking platform. With Readeck, users can save and archive online articles using the application's built-in webpage parsing to capture the relevant content for later reading and reference. Features include labels, collections, highlights, video transcripts, e-book exports, and a browser extension for easily capturing articles while browsing the web.

Readeck can be installed via bare metal or Docker with the option to replace its default SQLite with PostgreSQL if desired.

A screenshot of Readeck's interface showing a grid of saved articles with various options for filtering in the left sidebar.

Links: Website, Source Code, Documentation

What I'm Watching

Command Line Corner: which

Use the which command to easily find the location of an executable file for troubleshooting, debugging, and other use cases:

/$ which docker
  /usr/bin/docker
/$ which cat
  /usr/bin/cat

Click here to view an archive of commands shared in previous newsletters.

Related News and Content

Intel awarded almost $8 billion in bid to protect US chipmaking interests
The race to award the remaining CHIPS Act funding is on.
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Raspberry Pi releases the Pico 2 W, a $7 wireless-enabled microcontroller board | TechCrunch
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