Best of Homelab — September 2025

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   Article

   Hacker News·38w

   Why I Ditched Spotify, and How I Set Up My Own Music Stack

   A developer shares their journey from Spotify to building a self-hosted music streaming solution using Navidrome, Lidarr, and other open-source tools. The setup provides lossless audio quality, complete ownership of music files, privacy, and direct artist support through purchases. The stack includes automated music management, synced lyrics, and discovery features while eliminating monthly subscription costs and corporate data collection.

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   Video

   Christian Lempa·35w

   Self-hosted automation for EVERYTHING! // n8n Tutorial

   A comprehensive tutorial on setting up and using n8n, a self-hosted automation platform that enables users to create workflow automations through a visual, drag-and-drop interface. The guide covers Docker installation, connecting various applications like Notion and social media platforms, using triggers and data transformation nodes, implementing conditional logic with switch cases, and setting up error handling for production workflows.

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   Article

   selfh.st·37w

   Self-Host Weekly (5 September 2025)

   Weekly newsletter covering self-hosting news, software updates, and community highlights. Features updates on Home Assistant 2025.9 release, new self-hosted applications like rwMarkable for checklists and notes, and community feedback responses. Includes curated content from YouTube channels covering homelab setups, security tools like Wazuh, and tutorials for OPNSense firewall configuration.

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