Great article! I think a paragraph on your backup strategy would make it even more complete and compelling, particularly given you put your passwords and photos in there.

thanks. I fleshed that out a bit more. appreciate the feedback.

You can self-host Pocket ID (or another OIDC auth service) on a tiny $1/mo box and use that as your identity provider for Tailscale. Here's a video explaining how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPUkAm7yDlU

I've been looking for a solution like this for years. I briefly had an iOS shortcut on my Apple Watch working, but an OS update broke it. Now I'm on Android and I don't even know what I'd use for it. And it's exactly for these random thoughts and reminders that otherwise nag me or I forget them. David Allen (GTD) will love this too.

My only wish is that I hope it preserves the audio file, in case the transcription is wrong, so you don't lose the thought. Google Keep does this well and it's a life saver sometimes, when the transcription comes through as "Eat the cat" or something ridiculous.

Really compelling article! What do folks use instead in 2025?

Don't storage templates handle this out of the box? I haven't actually checked my instance but that was my impression from reading the docs!

What a cool post! Really enjoyed reading it.

Thanks for sharing - definitely learnt a few things reading it!

Wow, a beast. Looking forward to the next post!

One minor tip that I think can have a big impact: whenever writing down something to run on the command line (e.g. for documentation or other kind of sharing), always use the --full-version of the flags (instead of the short -f version). The extra information it conveys is worth a lot. If someone gets tired of typing it, it's easy to find the short version.

Well said! I share those two priorities, and am now moving in the inverse direction, but I plan to use GrapheneOS.