I finally buckled down and built a music server. I had a ton of FLAC from before sources but never found the right software stack to make it a good replacement for the typical streaming services.

It took about a month of beating/breaking/resetting and removing unnecessary software. In the end it was way simpler than I originally thought and required very minimal resources.

I’ve tried too many nginx managers. I still manage all my nginx by hand. It really is simple.

If you were ever on floor 8 of Sol Heumann at RIT in 2001-2003 you know what’s up.