2GT Podcast
The 2GT podcast is a conversational podcast from 2GuysTek focused on a variety of #homelab, #selfhosting, and general #datacenter and #technology topics. We strive to get these out monthly, but you know...sometimes that's hard. Find us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@2guystek If you enjoy the pod, consider supporting us by buying some of our swag or becoming a member of our YouTube channel!
Episodes
There's been a whole lot of vibe coding going on lately, with Rich's MikroTik Manager in the wild for 6 months, and Branden augmenting Bezel to meet his needs and creating his own media management platform.
Join Rich and Branden as they go through their experiences, what you can do to make your vibe-coded projects more reliable and sustainable, and, of course, the tech news!
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In this month's special edition of the 2GT Podcast, I sit down with Lester Nichols, a long-time 2GT fan and the author of the Cybersecurity Architect's Handbook — 2nd Edition. And to be clear, this isn't a sponsored interview; Lester sent a copy with no strings attached, and once I started reading it, I had to get him on the show.
Lester walks us through his path from pre-med student to senior security architect — includ...
Every so often, we break from our typical format to just chat about different random topics, and lucky for you, July is one of those months!
This month, we talk about the tech news and dive into:
#AI in the home
Honey, I shrunk my #homelab
RAM prices going up and up and up
The sorry state of the Smart home
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This month, Rich and Branden revisit the ongoing debate: virtualization, containers, or bare metal?
A lot has changed since they first tackled this topic, and the lines between these approaches have only gotten blurrier. The guys break down where virtualization still makes sense, when bare metal may be the better choice, and how containers fit into the modern infrastructure conversation.
They weigh the benefits, tradeoffs, and pitfal...
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This week's pod, we dive deep into two heavy topics around well-meaning government laws that have far-reaching negative effects on technology. Starting with the push to force the OS to be the arbiter of age controls for applications, followed by different bills and restrictions working their way through state and federal governments, and attempts to restrict 3D printers.
But first, a quick recap of the tech news!
We're back in the saddle again, and this month, Rich and Branden explore what it would take to create a buddy colocation to share homelab infrastructure with your friends while talking through pitfalls or risks!
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We're back, people, did ya miss us?! This month, we're bringing you a special conversation I had with Dave Vincent, an IT professional, homelabber, AI Agent mastermind, and VergeOS user extraordinaire!
Branden and I will be back next month with the same great pod. Until then, enjoy!
Check out Dave's blog here: https://blog.homelabadventures.com/
Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/5TcfBWBB7S
This is the second part of our deep dive into the current state of virtualization 2025. In this installment, we talk about VMware by Broadcom's VCF 9.0, Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Harvester, and touch on this month's news topics!
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In this podcast, we dive deep into the current state of enterprise virtualization. We go deep into what's changed with Nutanix, VergeIO, Proxmox, XCP-ng, and Scale Computing, talk about where you should turn if you're trying to find your way out of the grips of Broadcom by VMware, and more!
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This is a special edition podcast this month! We'll be back next month with more great content! Enjoy!
It's been nearly a year since I released my video on VergeIO's virtualization platform, #VergeOS. A lot has changed in a year, and I've been curious to see how things have been going for Verge, what new innovations they've been bringing to their platform, and where the #homelab version of VergeOS is!
In this interview, I sit...
In this episode, we tackle the news of Google and Meta forcing people to prove their age, the UK government asking people to delete their email and pictures to save water, AOL dial-up coming to an end, OpenAI's ChatGPT5's rough rollout and breaking up with their best friends, and SCALE Computing gets acquired by Acumera.
This month's main topic is all about Red Hat's release of #RHEL 10 and the new features it brings (surprise, surp...
With quite a break in between, Rich and Branden are back to finish their conversation about what they're running in their #homelabs! Are there any that you didn't know about? Do you have one that the guys didn't mention? Head over to our Discord and let them know!
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This month's pod is a LOOOONG one! This month we begin to tackle what's running in our #homelabs, what we like about them, what we don't like about them and why!
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This month's pod is all about revisiting AI now that it's been a year since we talked about it last. Rich and Branden go over how they're using AI in the daily lives, the value each of them feel it provides for them, and then things take a turn as they discuss the advent of AI agents and the potentially disastrous effects it will have on engineering in the future.
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What's next for homelab and tech in 2025? What does the future hold for #virtualization, #AI, and the #homelab? Join Rich and special guest Tom Lawrence as they discuss their predictions for 2025, from all things infrastructure to their plans for this coming year!
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Occasionally we like to just talk shop, after we cover the month's news. Lucky for you, this month is another one of our Datacenter Mixed Bag podcasts where Rich and Branden get together, talk about all things #datacenter, #homelab, #2GuysTek video releases, and more!
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There has been a lot of talk on tech Youtube about De-”Google” or “De-Microsoft” yourself and your company. While we completely agree that you as a user or a business should have complete control over your data, we find that some of the solutions provided have major pitfalls that either make it unattainable to the average user or missing major features. We wanted to give both sides of the argument since it s...
This month's episode is dedicated to discussing Crowdstrike (yeah, we know—we promise this is the last one!) In this pod, Rich and Branden talk tech news and then dive deep into the Crowdstrke Falcon drama now that (most of) the dust has settled.
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In this episode of the 2GuysTek Tech Chats podcast, Rich and Branden dig through the news and then discuss containers in the homelab, why it's not always the right decision to containerize applications, and microservice versus monolithic architectures and their relevance to containers.
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