Auth layers: Cloudflare Access and Tailscale

Wes and Scott talk about their evolving home-server setups—Synology rigs, Mac minis, Docker vs. VMs, media servers, backups, Cloudflare Tunnels, and the real-world pros and cons of running your own hardware.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 01:35 Why use a home server?
• 07:29 Apps for home servers
• 16:23 Home server hardware
• 18:27 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 20:45 VMs vs containers and choosing the right software
• 25:53 How to expose services to the internet safely
• 30:38 Securing access to your server

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