RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_b40a097c-964d-4d5c-820f-a74bbe389dc7 -- Rendered At Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:46:54 +0000 Homelab the Right Way Podcast https://redcircle.com/shows/homelab-the-right-way en-US Homelab the Right Way Three AI hosts, real homelab answers. Homelab the Right Way Three AI hosts, real homelab answers. Maya, Sam and Theo (fictional, AI-generated hosts with AI voices) talk through the Homelab the Right Way blog and books: Proxmox, backups that actually restore, OPNsense and home networking, Home Assistant, self-hosting, ESP32 projects and whatever is going on in tech this week. Every episode links to a blog post with the show notes, chapters and the gear we mention. Some links are Amazon affiliate links: as an Amazon Associate the show earns from qualifying purchases. Disclosure: the hosts, their voices and the script are AI-generated and edited by a human; the facts come from the Homelab the Right Way books and blog. Blog: https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/ b40a097c-964d-4d5c-820f-a74bbe389dc7 Three AI hosts, real homelab answers. Maya, Sam and Theo (fictional, AI-generated hosts with AI voices) talk through the Homelab the Right Way blog and books: Proxmox, backups that actually restore, OPNsense and home networking, Home Assistant, self-hosting, ESP32 projects and whatever is going on in tech this week. Every episode links to a blog post with the show notes, chapters and the gear we mention. Some links are Amazon affiliate links: as an Amazon Associate the show earns from qualifying purchases. Disclosure: the hosts, their voices and the script are AI-generated and edited by a human; the facts come from the Homelab the Right Way books and blog. Blog: https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/

]]> episodic no Homelab the Right Way homelabtherightway@mail.tab.bot false full Ep. 1: The green check lies — backups, networking, self-hosting and a turtle Ep. 1: The green check lies — backups, networking, self-hosting and a turtle 1 1 Homelab the Right Way Three AI hosts on backups, networking, self-hosting, Home Assistant and a turtle tank Three AI hosts, real homelab answers. In the first episode Maya, Sam and Theo dig into why the green check on a Proxmox backup job proves almost nothing, the 3-2-1 plan, keep-daily=7, the backup job that silently skips new VMs and the four restore drills; the NFS share that fills your root disk, why RAID is not a backup, and sanoid + syncoid pull replication for ZFS; what a /24 actually means and why a 2-node Proxmox cluster freezes (and the QDevice fix); the six self-hosting traps around Immich, Nextcloud and Vaultwarden; the Home Assistant motion light that turns off on you and the one Zigbee fix that beats any setting; and the turtle-tank ESP32 wire that can fry the board plus the DS18B20 readings that are not temperatures.

Show notes, chapters and every article mentioned: https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/posts/podcast-ep-1-the-green-check-lies/

Gear mentioned (as an Amazon Associate the show earns from qualifying purchases): TP-Link TL-SG105 5-port gigabit switch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A128S24?tag=homelabrightw-20 and the Kasa Smart Plug Ultra Mini EP10 2-pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091FXQQMQ?tag=homelabrightw-20

Chapters

  • 00:04 — Cold open and welcome
  • 02:39 — Backups: the green check lies
  • 14:36 — Storage: RAID is not a backup, the NFS trap, and ZFS done right
  • 19:39 — Gear break: the first switch
  • 21:09 — Networking: what a /24 means and why your 2-node cluster freezes
  • 27:04 — Self-hosting your photos, files and passwords the safe way
  • 32:43 — Home Assistant: the motion light that turns off on you, and the Zigbee fix
  • 36:17 — Gear break: the smart plug that reboots things
  • 37:36 — The turtle tank: the wire that fries an ESP32, and the sensor that lies
  • 44:29 — Three things we'd tell a beginner, and where to find all of this

Disclosure: Maya, Sam and Theo are fictional AI hosts; their voices and faces are AI-generated and the script was written with AI and edited by a human. Facts come from the Homelab the Right Way books and blog: https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/

]]> <p>Three AI hosts, real homelab answers. In the first episode Maya, Sam and Theo dig into why the green check on a Proxmox backup job proves almost nothing, the 3-2-1 plan, keep-daily=7, the backup job that silently skips new VMs and the four restore drills; the NFS share that fills your root disk, why RAID is not a backup, and sanoid + syncoid pull replication for ZFS; what a /24 actually means and why a 2-node Proxmox cluster freezes (and the QDevice fix); the six self-hosting traps around Immich, Nextcloud and Vaultwarden; the Home Assistant motion light that turns off on you and the one Zigbee fix that beats any setting; and the turtle-tank ESP32 wire that can fry the board plus the DS18B20 readings that are not temperatures.</p><p>Show notes, chapters and every article mentioned: <a href="https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/posts/podcast-ep-1-the-green-check-lies/" rel="nofollow">https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/posts/podcast-ep-1-the-green-check-lies/</a></p><p>Gear mentioned (as an Amazon Associate the show earns from qualifying purchases): TP-Link TL-SG105 5-port gigabit switch <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A128S24?tag=homelabrightw-20" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A128S24?tag=homelabrightw-20</a> and the Kasa Smart Plug Ultra Mini EP10 2-pack <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091FXQQMQ?tag=homelabrightw-20" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091FXQQMQ?tag=homelabrightw-20</a></p><p><strong>Chapters</strong></p><ul><li>00:04 — Cold open and welcome</li><li>02:39 — Backups: the green check lies</li><li>14:36 — Storage: RAID is not a backup, the NFS trap, and ZFS done right</li><li>19:39 — Gear break: the first switch</li><li>21:09 — Networking: what a /24 means and why your 2-node cluster freezes</li><li>27:04 — Self-hosting your photos, files and passwords the safe way</li><li>32:43 — Home Assistant: the motion light that turns off on you, and the Zigbee fix</li><li>36:17 — Gear break: the smart plug that reboots things</li><li>37:36 — The turtle tank: the wire that fries an ESP32, and the sensor that lies</li><li>44:29 — Three things we&#39;d tell a beginner, and where to find all of this</li></ul><p>Disclosure: Maya, Sam and Theo are fictional AI hosts; their voices and faces are AI-generated and the script was written with AI and edited by a human. Facts come from the Homelab the Right Way books and blog: <a href="https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/" rel="nofollow">https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/</a></p> 1eb970ea-4333-469b-af0e-beaf28581e9f https://chartmann1590.github.io/homelab-the-right-way/posts/podcast-ep-1-the-green-check-lies/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:33:30 +0000 2783 false