Way back in 2016, I initially tried out an ultrawide monitor in hopes of simplifying my desk setup. Instead of running two different monitors connected to a desktop and my work laptop, I thought a single 34” ultrawide one would clean up a lot of cables. I bought a Dell U3415W because it was one of the few monitors at the time that had a built-in KVM for switching between my two computers. And for several years this worked great! My display cable and power cable clutter got cut in half, and it allowed me to run everything off the monitor’s USB hub instead of keeping a separate one.
In my post last month about rethinking my personal tech stack, I had mentioned that I had been using Ente Photos as an alternative to Google Photos, but had also been evaluating Immich. I also mentioned that one day in the future I might move over to Immich after figuring out a better backup strategy for my HomeLab.
Several years ago, I bought a Synology DS920+ to use as a network attached storage (NAS) appliance in the house. I don’t work as a photographer or video editor so my work doesn’t really have any massive storage needs; rather, I wanted someplace to host media for the family that didn’t require an ongoing subscription service to access. For a few years, it served that purpose almost exclusively, both as a drive I could mount and as a Plex server.
