The IT Guy Show

Linux, homelabs, and open source for the people who actually run the infrastructure. New episode every two weeks.

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Scheduled episodes first, then everyone who has been asked or is worth asking. Air dates are Tuesdays, every two weeks. Guests book recording time at https://cal.com/itguyeric/podcast

Airs	Episode	Title	Guest	Guide	Where it stands
2026-09-01	ITG028	What a Homelab Actually Is	James Sundquist (Linux Prepper)	guide	Records 2026-08-20, 3:00pm
2026-09-15	ITG029	Thinking Like an Engineer About the Whole Business	Marc Sherwood	guide	Said yes 2026-07-17 and was owed a guide. Needs a recording date
2026-09-29	ITG030	The State of Linux in 2026	Michael Tunnell (TuxDigital, Framework)	guide	One session also produces Fedora Podcast 061. Needs a recording date
2026-10-13	ITG031	Building a Programming Language with a Local AI	Jim Duey	guide	Confirm he is happy leading with the local AI angle. Needs a recording date
TBD		Open source WireGuard mesh, self-hosting the control plane	Brandon Hopkins (NetBird)		Asked 2026-08-18, no reply yet
TBD		OpenSSF and software supply chain security	via Angelah Liu (Linux Foundation)		Asked 2026-08-18. She offered to route to the right person
TBD		Base image CVEs, Wolfi, supply chain security	via Nick Linton (Chainguard)		Asked 2026-08-18. Suggested Will Dolinsky. Went to a recruiter
TBD		IaC orchestration, policy as code, drift	via Nuria Requena (Spacelift)		Asked 2026-08-18. Went to a recruiter
October		20 years of Linux-first hardware, Thelio, Pop!_OS, COSMIC	Carl Richell (System76)		Full guide already written in Drive as "ITG000 Why System76?". Carl is prepping for a conference. Contact is Emma
TBD		An open source automated publishing pipeline	James Sundquist		He described it at LinuxFest Northwest and Eric asked to book time on it
TBD		bootc, image mode, rebuilding a lab from a git push	James Harmison (Red Hat)		Not contacted. Fedora Podcast 054 is prior art
TBD		Devcontainers to dodge supply chain attacks, Nextcloud auth proxy	Tobias (@thecalcaholic)		Not contacted. From the Linux Prepper room
TBD		A three-node Proxmox cluster on two MS01s, a NUC, and an Odroid N2+	sntxrr		Not contacted. From the Linux Prepper room
TBD		Solo: the colo-to-home decision, now that there is a real hardware spec	Solo		Continues the arc from 027

Episodes

#	Title	Guest	Aired	Links
027	Open, Repairable Homelab Hardware with 45HomeLab	Zack Perry	2026-08-18	listen . watch . guide
026	Open Source Password Manager?!	Kasey Babcock	2026-08-04	listen . watch . guide
025	The Homelab SLA	Mathias Palmersheim	2026-07-21	listen . watch . guide
024	Learn to Play Tabletop Role Playing Games	Solo	2026-07-08	listen . watch . guide
023	Keep It Techie	Josh Lacey	2026-05-28	listen . watch . guide
022	A Human in the Middle	Karl Abbott	2026-05-12	listen . watch . guide
021	Ubuntu Community: Years of 'Just Works'	Nathan Haines	2026-04-28	listen . watch . guide
020	First Boot, First Inference	Damen Knight	2026-03-31	listen . watch . guide
019	The Problem with Subscriptions	Solo	2026-02-17	listen . watch . guide
018	Wayland and My eX-11	Solo	2025-11-18	listen . watch
017	Reality-based Approach to LinkedIn Jobs	Solo	2025-11-04	listen . watch
016	When the Layoff Comes	Solo	2025-10-21	listen . watch
015	DevLife with Chris DeMars	Chris DeMars	2025-10-07	listen . watch
014	Life as a Sysadmin with Nate Lager	Nate Lager	2025-09-23	listen . watch
013	How I Became a SysAdmin	Solo	2025-09-09	listen . watch
012	Working in GovTech: What's Different	Solo	2025-08-26	listen . watch
011	NixOS: The Distro That Thinks in Code	Solo	2025-08-12	listen . watch
010	GitOps for the Linux Administrator	Solo	2025-07-29	listen . watch
009	Lomiri, The Linux Shell That Goes Anywhere	Solo	2025-07-15	listen . watch
--	Rebooting Eric the IT Guy: Where I've Been, What's Next	Solo	2025-05-01	watch
008	The Art of Continuous Improvement	Solo	2024-10-01	listen . watch
007	Battling Burnout, with a Sword	Solo	2024-09-17	listen . watch
006	A Quick Look at Ephemeral Environments	Solo	2024-08-13	listen . watch
005	Understanding DevOps: Putting People Over Processes	Laura Santamaria	2024-07-17	listen . watch
004	APIs Decoded: From Basics to Production-Ready	Solo	2024-07-03	listen . watch
003	Unmasking AI: The Drive for Open and Transparent Development	Solo	2024-06-19	listen . watch
002	Get a Return on Your IT Investment	Solo	2024-06-05	listen . watch
001	Get Into Your Element	Solo	2024-03-27	listen . watch
000	The Big Announcement	Solo	2024-03-18	listen . watch