We’re talking self hosting, not an enterprise setup. Industry best practices and layers of defense mitigation are not realistic expectations for something like a media server that is only intended to be accessed by the owner and maybe a couple other people.

Llama.cpp running qwen 3.8 on a mini PC with 32GB ddr5 ram and 8GB vram. Not the most speedy but it works. I only really access it while at home but I’m also set up with tailscale.

I couldn’t agree more. There is a long list of valid reasons to hate on AI and the industry but AI = slop barely makes it onto the list anymore.

Dynamic dns is what you need. Only takes a few minutes to set up

Not to mention it was an issue kernel developers had spent 2 years trying to solve unsuccessfully.

Linus accepting AI now says more about how far the technology has come than anything else. AI today is not the same as AI a year ago.

Eh I much prefer the clean look. The older design looks cluttered and a bit tacky to me.