One of the few silver linings of the rampocalypse that I’ve noticed is a small increase in programs being developed to use less memory.

Isn’t that only for YouTube?

But yes, something similar to that.

This reminds me of a project idea I’ve had.

Auto-muting a TV using an HDMI splitter and an SBC running some sort of algorithm that detects if there’s an ad on the TV.

Last night I managed to run Qwen Flash Next iq2 XS using Strata in docker on a VM

I passed through my 3090, 64GB of DDR4, 12 vcores of my 5960x,

Managed 90t/s

I’ll probably try a larger version soon but QFN already seems a lot more capable than 3.6 35b A3B, and runs better than Qwen 3.8 dense in llama.cpp

I made sure to have it set to download new chapters regardless.

Admittedly I didn’t try that hard to get things running smoothly since the whole web ui was sluggish for me. I just ponied up for more RAM though so that might help if I decide to give it another go.

Actually, I have. It would work for a little bit then just never update chapters.

Rensaio used to run a Suwayomi server in the background but the v2 got rid of it. Now it runs Mihon extensions via its own implementation.

Its definitely vibe coded, but the best thing for manga I’ve found so far is Rensaio. The dev is active and responsive.

It uses Tachiyomi/Mihon plugins so it’s fairly familiar if you’re used to that. Its fairly memory intensive, which is a downside, but it’s the best solution I’ve found so far.

I haven’t found an ebook solution yet, sadly.

Your commitment to low memory usage is quite apt in the current memory crisis.

Almost missed that, thanks for pointing it out!

Similarly, I have a Plex lifetime license.

I think my biggest hurdle for Jellyfin is setting up a VPS for all my self hosted services. Currently I use Cloudflare Tunnels, which is easy but I’d like to get away from it because Cloudflare and it doesn’t allow for streaming services to run on it.

I’ll spin up Jellyfin and see how Swiftfin is on the Apple TV. If I feel it has minimal friction I’ll try and make the jump.

With regards to spreading the good word of self hosting, I’ve had the best luck just offering good services to those around me. Spliit, HomeAssistant, and Immich have been easy to get my partner to use. Then I just happen to say “oh yeah, this is running on my server btw”. The holy grail would be to convince my friends to use Fluxer or something instead of Discord.

Yeah, that’s a potential solution, but then my sister’s starting college soon so she’d need to VPN into one of the networks when she’s not at home; which brings us back to square one.

Then there’s whenever they’re not home and want to watch something on their phone or laptop.

I really would like to use Jellyfin, but the remote access is quite useful to me personally. My immediate family lives far away and they can access my library remotely quite easily. They just want to watch their requested shows and don’t need 4k HDR 7.2 surround sound for their cooking shows.

I guess I could set up tailscale or some other vpn access to my network but I don’t feel like explaining that to parents and siblings. Even my partner, who lives with me, has little patience for all things electronic. They’re an Apple user and I’m aware enough not to constantly pester them with my ideals and preferences. Plex works on our Apple TV and is easy so it’s the best solution right now. Am I in the minority? Probably, but different strokes for different folks.

TLDR: Jellyfin is awesome, but Plex currently makes more sense for my needs.

I’ve been using Baikal but KashCal looks interesting!

Perhaps they are not?

All FOSS nerds that joined after 2020 only know OBS, charge they phone, distro hop, eat hot chip, and GUI.