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Jim Gogarty, a self-hosting enthusiast, writes practical posts about his home lab, covering a Plex-to-Jellyfin migration for free GPU transcoding, a methodical troubleshooting walkthrough for a Vaultwarden issue, and a multi-part guide to building a home SIEM with the Elastic Stack. Readers get hands-on, candid detail on self-hosting and security tooling, including the snags he hit along the way.

ReproDev is a DIY tech blog and newsletter covering self-hosting, AI, open source software and scripting, with a weekly 'Thursday Thinkpiece' series. Recent issues mix personal reflection on social media and AI with practical career advice for breaking into tech and a critique of Plex and a move toward Jellyfin.