It is easy to play without getting too hardware rich.
I run tons of tiny services, just for my own home, from a tiny NUC. I did stick a 1TB nvme drive and 32 GB of ram in it. But using LXD containers I have things like my own git server, databases, management tools, game servers for the kids, etc.
The hardest part was trunking the one NIC so I can run containers on different clans. I still don't really understand what I did or what cloud-init is and why it is used by my distro.
But all you really need is a router, a managed switch, and some old computer that will run headless (the last is optional, you can get an HDMI dongle to fool an old laptop into thinking it has peripherals)
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Thanks for writing, it's mostly over my head sadly. Maybe if you come out west you can explain over the course of a 8 hour lunch and I'll understand.
Seriously though, I plan to do some kind of home server thing soonish. Friend of mine stream his music from his server and I want that badly
Oh, if you just want to stream your own music. Get a NAS that has a Plex server app, then install Plex amp on your phone.
I do have wireguard installed on my router to get at my nas without doing a port forward to allow the NAS manufacturer access.
But I vaguely think wireguard is becoming more common even on consumer routers.
It is over my head too. But I try anyway. How far west are we talking? If it is as far west as the Dakotas I can't make it by lunchtime.
