What is cloud-computing and why is it a paradigm we should be uncomfortable with?

Matt Hill of @Start9 joins Value Stack Podcast for a discussion about the current state of computing and why self-hosting and running a home server is more important than ever before.

StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.

Check out the chapters below!

• 00:00 Intro


• 00:28 How did we get to the cloud computing paradigm?


• 03:30 Computer client and server architecture explained


• 11:30 How does relying on centralized servers affect freedom?


• 15:00 How are servers and clients designed differently?


• 18:05 The fight over privacy, personal data, and politics


• 26:55 How will the Bitcoin ETF change bitcoin?


• 29:10 Does technology push sovereignty forward?


• 37:20 How culture, education, and technology are interlinked


• 42:25 Why trust is essential in a flourishing human society


• 46:30 About Start9 and StartOS - Run a Sovereign Personal Server


• 52:30 Why SaaS needs to disappear


• 01:00:11 Why StartOS is fully FOSS


• 01:11:00 DNS, encryption, Google and search


• 01:14:33 On censorship and ransomware


• 01:19:58 Why running a home server is more secure than cloud computing


• 01:26:30 Why you should start with self-hosting a password manager like Vaultwarden


• 01:31:09 What’s on the StartOS roadmap?


• 01:37:16 How Start9 is building a new product category - the personal server


• 01:45:00 Daemon and Freedom TM book recommendations- Daniel Suarez


• 01:47:15 How is StartOS different than UmbrelOS, CasaOS, etc?


• 01:58:23 The AI and LLM revolution


• 02:03:43 IoT and the future of the computing paradigm


• 02:13:55 Outro