Home Lab

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Host: Rubin

Hosted at Pumping Station: One, 3519 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618, upstairs. Happening every other Thursday night at 6:30 PM, check out the PS1 calendar to see when the next one is. Open to members and the public!

This is a bi-weekly "self-hosting" home lab meetup, geared towards makers/hackers new to the concept of setting up a home lab. The idea would be to discuss and help out each other with fun, privacy focused self-hosted topics, like...

  • Setting up your first budget-friendly home server
  • Comparing easy drop-in one-click install solutions to manage your server
  • Home Assistant for smart home devices and automations
  • DIY Dropbox / Google Drive alternatives
  • Self-hosted Google Photos replacement
  • Private Netflix/Spotify for legally obtained movies/shows
  • Running AI at home without giving away your draft novel
  • Ad-blocking solutions
  • Cloudless security camera
  • Backups galore
  • And more!


So if you're a beginner or tech-savvy, come and join! Note, this is piggybacking on Linux Club.

Got questions? Poke Rubin.

Links to cool projects.

Check out some random notes from our last meetups.