Starting a Self-Hosting Server Revolution with Matt Hill | Value Stack 47
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What is cloud-computing and why is it a paradigm we should be uncomfortable with? Matt Hill of Start9 joins Value Stack Podcast for a discussion about the current state of computing and why self-hosting and running a home server is more important than ever before.
StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.
Timestamps
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:28 How did we get to the cloud computing paradigm?
- 03:30 Computer client and server architecture explained
- 11:30 How does relying on centralized servers affect freedom?
- 15:00 How are servers and clients designed differently?
- 18:05 The fight over privacy, personal data, and politics
- 26:55 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin?
- 29:10 Does technology push sovereignty forward?
- 37:20 How culture, education, and technology are interlinked
- 42:25 Why trust is essential in a flourishing human society
- 46:30 About Start9 and StartOS – Run a Sovereign Personal Server
- 52:30 Why SaaS needs to disappear
- 01:00:11 Why StartOS is fully FOSS
- 01:11:00 DNS, encryption, Google and search
- 01:14:33 On censorship and ransomware
- 01:19:58 Why running a home server is more secure than cloud computing
- 01:26:30 Why you should start with self-hosting a password manager like Vaultwarden
- 01:31:09 What’s on the StartOS roadmap?
- 01:37:16 How Start9 is building a new product category – the personal server
- 01:45:00 Daemon and Freedom TM book recommendations- Daniel Suarez
- 01:47:15 How is StartOS different than UmbrelOS, CasaOS, etc?
- 01:58:23 The AI and LLM revolution
- 02:03:43 IoT and the future of the computing paradigm
- 02:13:55 Outro
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