David’s Blog

For a while now I’ve been considering ditching TrueNAS Community Edition (formerly TrueNAS Scale) for my homelab in favor of running on Proxmox.

Recently I wanted to do some refactoring of my collection of automations in Home Assistant which have grown and changed in various ways over the years and needed some TLC, including modernizing the structure like triggers:, actions:, and other syntax chan…

Previously I wrote about building a NAS and Media Server for under $500 which explains how to set up a NAS and configure a Jellyfin server (although I’ve since moved away from the TrueNAS “App” in favor of a docker container).

As I continue on my self-hosting journey, I decided to migrate my photos and videos from OneDrive to ensure my photos are stored safely, privately, and securely on my own server.

Recently OneDrive was removed as a CloudSync provider for TrueNAS Scale.

Lately I’ve been realizing that purchased digital media isn’t really yours, and a recent event in particular sparked me into doing something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now: build a NAS to contain all my legally purchased digital media, digital ba…

In the realm of asynchronous operations within C# applications, maintaining optimal performance often requires a delicate balance between execution and resource allocation.

Lately, I’ve found myself setting up multiple computers, and with Microsoft DevBox on the horizon, I anticipate working with “fresh” machines more frequently.

It’s been a while since I first introduced ReferenceTrimmer and a lot has changed.

The Mutex class in .NET helps manage exclusive access to a resource.