Homelab fans spend $6,000 and 14 weekends on ZFS just to dodge Google's $1.99 storage fee
rachittshah · x · 2026-10-20
A widely shared joke in tech circles: the homelab community will spend $6,000 on a server, 14 weekends configuring ZFS, and enough electricity to heat a small village — all to avoid paying Google $1.99 for storage. The poster says they respect the hell out of it.
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