EPISODE · Jun 2, 2026 · 28 MIN
Building Your Own Cloud in 2026
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The economics of building your own private cloud have genuinely flipped in the last eighteen months. Ten-gigabit networking is dirt cheap, used enterprise hardware is abundant, and the software stack has matured to the point where most pain points that made DIY cloud a hobbyist nightmare are gone. This episode breaks down the three pillars — storage, compute, and GPU orchestration — and the specific tools that make each work. We compare MinIO vs Ceph vs Garage for S3-compatible object storage, Proxmox vs Incus for compute management, and explore how consumer GPUs can power AI inference in a self-hosted environment. If you've ever wondered whether you can actually build your own cloud across multiple properties, the answer is yes — and this episode shows you exactly which pieces to pick and in what order.
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The economics of building your own private cloud have genuinely flipped in the last eighteen months. Ten-gigabit networking is dirt cheap, used enterprise hardware is abundant, and the software stack has matured to the point where most pain points that made DIY cloud a hobbyist nightmare are gone. This episode breaks down the three pillars — storage, compute, and GPU orchestration — and the specific tools that make each work. We compare MinIO vs Ceph vs Garage for S3-compatible object storage, Proxmox vs Incus for compute management, and explore how consumer GPUs can power AI inference in a self-hosted environment. If you've ever wondered whether you can actually build your own cloud across multiple properties, the answer is yes — and this episode shows you exactly which pieces to pick and in what order.
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Building Your Own Cloud in 2026
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