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“Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again.”

Alex has been active in the self-hosting space for well over a decade. He co-founded Linuxserver.io, co-hosted the Self-Hosted podcast, spent 6 years at Red Hat and, today, works for Tailscale as Head of Developer Relations.

Originally he trained as classical musician but fell into a part time job at the Apple Store in 2009, and thus began a career in tech. He’s worked in DevOps and runs as much as he possibly can in containers. Docker is life.

A fan of Douglas Adams, Mike Judge, and many other satirical writers like them, he’s a bit silly, a bit serious, and his dry sense of humour sometimes gets him into trouble.

He’s a staunch believer in digital sovreignty, empowering anyone and everyone through the use of free and open source technologies, and is at his happiest when sharing his excitement about these types of projects with others.

Currently the VP of Quality & Support at Lime Technology supporting users running Linux based Unraid OS in their homes and businesses. Prior to that, and for the majority of my career I led the Quality & Support departments for iXsystems supporting enterprise customers running FreeBSD and more recently Linux based TrueNAS servers. And if you go in the way, way back machine it all started when I was a storage admin working for the local government in my hometown of Santa Cruz, CA.

In my personal time I enjoy going down endless rabbit holes exploring technology in my homelab (often escaping to other parts of the home, office, and vehicles 🙃), video games, rock climbing (specifically bouldering), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,riding motorcycles, going to music festivals, travel, and anything to do with spending time near or in the ocean.

Stephen is an MSP owner with a background in enterprise IT, focused on simplifying complex tech solutions.

A big believer in open-source, he believes the world could use a little less Microsoft and a little more Linux. You can ask him any question about Unifi gear and he will put you straight.

Outside of tech, Stephen couldn’t live without music, coffee, and his expensive love for the car hobby. Friends don’t let friends listen to music through bluetooth speakers.

Attorney by day, geek by night, Geoff is not your typical homelabber. He built his first computer during law school to serve as a combination NAS and HTPC, and that starting point led him down many, many rabbit holes.

When he’s not tinkering with his homelab, including his Ansible infra repo, he enjoys playing video games on his Steam Deck with a fluffy cat curled up in his lap, or reading the latest Brandon Sanderson novel.