I use yazi via ssh(it beats most file browsers even the gui once with photo preview and such) and before that i was browsing through the casa OS file manager. Casa was my second entry to self hosting

Second topic if you’re interested: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9LfC3D8jbyY

I could be very wrong but i think i just listened the linux matters guys talking about the exact thing and using this to resolve it:

https://github.com/wimpysworld/stream-sprout GitHub - wimpysworld/stream-sprout: Restream a video source to multiple destinations such as Twitch, YouTube, Owncast and Peertube 📡

I just use tailscale. I am thinking about external share options but for me and my closests just plain simple tailscale

Wow i was on a very similar setup last year software stack wise. I have a small pc i5gen 10 (eats way less than one might think due to the laptop hardware) proxmox on it running 2 debian vms one for home assistant the other for anything else pretty much that doesn’t require huge horsepower but through the weeks/months crashes and bugs i decided to move my media server to a separate box with native jellyfin install to make sure i have full advantage of the hardware acceleration. That machine is nixos but that’s a whole other story 😂.

I think constant iteration is the key/fun with self hosting. I can’t tell you a single thing on my not so long but very eventful journey that I regret. Maybe try to find what is actually “mission critical data” that you once setup you say i need this to be online and reliable etc so you can play more freely on a separate system be that a vm or anything. Oh and document everything you do will come handy 10000% i guess that’s the only thing I wish I could done better is finding a tool I like to document with. For me it’s like this: I start documenting then something annoying happens with the note taking app or it’s just bloated and I’ll unintentionally abandon the whole thing.

Anyway that’s me waffling 😂 Have fun and I’m happy to share all the little exp I have just give me a shout ✌🏽

I just love this artwork ♥️