i stopped paying for subscriptions and started self-hosting. some things broke.

i got tired of monthly subscriptions. not the $15 ones, the $5 ones that add up to $60 without you noticing. cancelled everything i could, replaced them with self-hosted alternatives. nextcloud for files and calendar, jellyfin for media, syncthing to keep everything in sync between machines. still planning to add navidrome for music and pihole for blocking ads. it mostly works. but not the way paid services work. nextcloud syncs fine until it doesnt and you have to dig through logs to figure out which confi