Alex Kretzschmar (ironicbadger) sits down with Adam Stacoviak to cover serious Linux homelab territory: Docker vs Podman, building a Kubernetes cluster from scratch, ZFS backups via zfs.rent, the bootc image-based Linux toolchain, and self-hosting Immich as a Google Photos replacement.
The conversation does not stay surface-level. Kretzschmar and Stacoviak dig into AI-assisted homelab tooling, the Plex vs Jellyfin split, and an honest look at where media piracy is heading. These are practitioners talking shop, not marketers pitching products.
Read the full episode notes for the specific distro picks and the bootc workflow details. The ZFS backup discussion alone, covering zfs.rent as a snapshot target, is worth your time if you run any storage-heavy self-hosted setup.
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