One error message at a time
A veteran's journey from streaming subscriptions to self-hosted freedom. Documenting the chaos of learning to code, running a homelab with 30+ services, and breaking things in production so you don't have to.
$ docker compose up -d
Creating network "homelab_default"...
✓ 28 containers started
$ echo "It works!"
It works!
$ _
Fresh chaos from the homelab
I'm currently spending $0/month on streaming services. I watch whatever I want, whenever I want, from anywhere. I didn't know what a homelab was. I didn't know the first thing about networking. But I had a simple goal...
It started with wanting to stream my own movies. Now I have a full TrueNAS SCALE setup with the *arr stack, VPN-protected torrents, and AI monitoring.
After building a homelab, the next logical step was obvious: learn to build my own apps. Here's my plan to go from zero to full-stack.
Cloudflare Tunnels changed everything. No more port forwarding, no more dynamic DNS headaches. Here's how to set it up.
I ran Ubuntu with Docker for months before switching to TrueNAS SCALE. Here's what I learned and why I'd never go back.
I post on TikTok and document my journey there. Follow along as I break things and occasionally fix them.