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Across home server and homelab communities, people are sharing practical self-hosting setups and maintenance guidance—especially for backup/restore tooling like Portabase and DNS-based ad blocking in Home Assistant. Much of the discussion also centers on building or migrating home servers with community advice, including reliability considerations like Wi‑Fi setups.

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Key Takeaway Self-hosting discussions right now focus on actionable services—like Portabase for database backups and Technitium DNS for whole-network ad blocking—plus guidance for building and migrating home labs.
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Self-hosting discussions right now focus on actionable services—like Portabase for database backups and Technitium DNS for whole-network ad blocking—plus guidance for building and migrating home labs.

Across home server and homelab communities, people are sharing practical self-hosting setups and maintenance guidance—especially for backup/restore tooling like Portabase and DNS-based ad blocking in Home Assistant. Much of the discussion also centers on building or migrating home servers with community advice, including reliability considerations like Wi‑Fi setups.

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  • ● Backup and restore — Portabase: open-source tool to backup and restore self-hosted databases r/homelab

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XDA-Developers · 2h ago
I replaced GitHub Copilot with a self-hosted AI and I won’t go back

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Tool purpose Portabase backs up and restores self-hosted databases
Primary stack Technitium DNS is self-hosted inside Home Assistant
Use case Whole-network ad blocking via self-hosted DNS
Specific migration topic Rebuilding a home server with a request for smooth migration advice

What to Watch

  • Follow Portabase threads on r/homelab and r/HomeServer for updates, installs, and real-world backup strategies. r/homelab
  • Check ongoing community guidance in r/HomeServer for Wi‑Fi reliability discussions for home server hosting. r/HomeServer
  • Look for more Home Assistant + DNS ad-blocking walkthroughs using Technitium DNS. XDA Developers

What Changed

  • IT support by day, homelab by night. Built this with Google, YouTube, and r/homelab as my only teachers. Here's what 12 months looks like. XDA Developers
  • Self-hosted Technitium DNS in Home Assistant for whole-network ad blocking XDA Developers
  • Portabase: open-source tool to backup and restore self-hosted databases XDA Developers
  • Portabase : open-source tool to backup and restore self-hosted databases XDA Developers
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r/selfhosted · u/TerminalFoo · 

A lot of bot posts

I hope folks are very skeptical of what seems like 90% of the posts in /r/selfhosted. They are bot posts. They read like someone is just starting out on their selfhosting journey or they're asking for the best way to do …
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