I sometimes pause during the day to laugh at how much like my father I am becoming. There are many times when I catch myself thinking or acting in a way that I know he would and it makes me reflect on how much wisdom was in a lot of his actions. Pops, if you're reading this - thank you.

I remember being younger and scoffing when he brought up the idea of getting security cameras for their new house. My whole life my parents have lived in remote locations with lots of land, so the idea that someone would travel out into the country to find a single door on a single house seemed foreign to me. Also - once criminals were out there in the country, they likely had already decided to commit a crime. What would video cameras do to prevent it?

However, what I had not considered at the time was that the idea was not to prevent the crime from happening, but rather know about the crime quickly and respond immediately. Crimes are often unpreventable and unavoidable - it often comes down to bad luck. The idea is knowing when you are unlucky.

So, naturally, as I began my journey of self-hosting software I use daily, I began to wonder...