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I Replaced Google Photos With a $60 Board in My Closet
Google wanted ₹1,300/year for my photos. I rebuilt them on a self-hosted ARM board with Nextcloud, nginx, PostgreSQL, and zero open ports.
CLI-NERDS Team · Sep 20, 2026 · 19 min
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