TedZanzibar

Yes, exactly. And how do you even tell the app that you want to self host? I see no option for pointing it to a different core server/bridge.

... Unless you have to do it at the point of sign-up? I remember seeing an 'advanced' option on the login screen.

Yes I'm very interested in how they claim to have a zero knowledge model but also admit that their bridges decrypt and re-encrypt messages as they pass through. It might only be an ephemeral thing but surely it's a massive, gaping target for bad actors to wire tap.

What's the problem with Asterisk? FreePBX uses it and as far as I can tell, it's the only way to get Lenny working.

Short answer: figure out how much of that is actually irreplaceable and then find a friend or friends who'd be willing to set aside some of their storage space for your backups in exchange for you doing the same.

Tailscale makes the networking logistics incredibly simple and then you can do the actual backups however you see fit.

Unless you're using the horribly outdated and insecure v1, there's nothing wrong with Samba at all. For serving media it's just as fast as NFS and is often plain easier to get going. Use what works for you.

It's decent with some caveats.

My use case is to have a shared backup repository with my wife. I could've (should've) used a shared account but I set us both up with individual accounts and used the library sharing feature as that seemed to be the "correct" way to do it. Except that face and other useful data isn't shared between libraries so it works very differently to how Syno Photos works when uploading directly to a shared space.

The app also doesn't have separate settings for internal and external URLs, so while I use cloudflare tunnels for most things and call it a day, the data limits they impose meant that I had to setup a reverse proxy internally to make it work over HTTPS while on my home WiFi.

Development is moving at a hell of a pace though, so I'd be surprised if these things weren't fixed in short order. Meanwhile automatic backups have been working flawlessly.

Maybe it's just something funky with my setup (using 2FA maybe?) but I never could figure it out. I've since switched to Immich anyway, was just curious if it affected anyone else!

I really liked Synology Photos except for the fact that the mobile app would log itself out, presumably after a fixed time, and neglect to tell me that my photos were no longer being backed up as a result. It was infuriating and I couldn't find a fix so I had to ditch it.

Presumably you don't have that issue?

I am by no means an expert, but I think Gustave may be an alligator.

Just to add that the low power consumption is not to be underestimated when it comes to battery powered sensors. It's not uncommon to get 1-2 years of life out of a single battery in Zigbee devices, even the ones that report their status regularly like temperature and luminance sensors.

You've already been swayed, but keeping these devices off the Internet was my main reasoning too. Sometimes WiFi is your only option, of course, but when the choice is there I go Zigbee every time. Other factors to consider include:

• Zigbee was designed specifically for IoT stuff. WiFi was not.
• lower power consumption
• self healing mesh
• much easier/cheaper to extend the range by strategically placing bulbs or smart sockets compared to extending WiFi range
• avoids clogging up WiFi bandwidth with IoT noise
• there's a limit to the number of devices most WiFi routers can handle

I assume Z-wave is similar but Zigbee devices are much easier to find, at least in the UK, and - someone correct me if I'm wrong - but I believe Thread is essentially Zigbee 2.0.

Yeah I'd drink it, though the picture makes it look cold somehow? Maybe it needs some photoshopped steam.