I dropped my phone. Someone returned it, but the scare made me realize I needed a more reliable backup strategy.
Looking at iCloud pricing, paying recurring fees for something I could potentially run on my own hardware didn’t make sense. So I finally tried something I’d been putting off: self-hosting my photo library.
In this 15-minute talk, I’ll share:
What the phone incident taught me about backups
Investigating OSS solutions
Self-hosting "Immich" at home
The real trade-offs: cost, maintenance, reliability, and control
I see self-hosting, I approve. Jokes aside, this does seem like a good lightening talk. Most of the times, people don't really talk about the trade-offs so it's good to see that's included.