Self-Host Weekly (5 June 2026)

42 million Plex users can't be wrong

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As a perpetually online person, I often have to remind myself that the communities I spend time with rarely represent the opinion of the broader population (echo chambers, vocal minorities, etc.).

And so as I spent the week listening to everyone blast Plex forlaunching yet another feature nobody asked for, I found myself wondering howuntruethat probably is and whether any of the platform's42 million active monthly userswould actually find themselves negatively impacted.

After all, those of us in the open source and self-hosted communities (myself included) are notorious for not practicing what we preach:

So while we shouldn't stop advocating for change because we're awful at enacting it, just know that I won't judge you for taking advantage of Plex's new social features to finally let your family and friends know just how much you disliked the latest season ofGrey's Anatomy.

In other news:

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MeetKeeper, an open source and self-hosted calendar syncing tool.Keepergives users a polished interface for consolidating, creating, and managing events across various calendar services and protocols. Features include support for multiple calendar sources (remote or CalDAV), an MCP server for AI assistant integration, and cross-calendar syncing.

Keepercan beeasily deployed via Dockerand requires separate PostgreSQL and Redis containers for storage and caching.

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Usefind -size +100Mto find all files in the working directory greater than or equal to 100MB. Adjust100Mto your liking if you'd like to search for files of a different size (for example,1Gfor 1GB).

Clickherefor an archive of commands shared in past newsletters.

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