https://github.com/sfortis/frigate-viewer
This is the closest thing to an android app, but it just adds a check to see if you're on your local network or not. Other than that, it's just a web frontend.
The frigate documentation also has some info about installing it as an app, but either I'm doing it wrong or it's the equivalent of a bookmark on my homescreen.
Game servers are always fun! I set up a custom Minecraft modpack and have it set up on my domain. I also run an Arma 3 server, but it's a hackjob of a self-host solution and I'm ashamed of how it works.
To address your examples directly:
Media server: Jellyfin, along with an *arr stack (Radarr, Sonarr, and qbittorrent and gluetun) to automate everything for you.
Photos app: Immich is your direct Google Photos replacement. Automated uploads, object detection, facial recognition, etc, all ran locally on your machine. Just remember: you still need a proper backup!
Recipe management: Mealie is the best I've used. It can import a recipe from almost any website. Very easy to cook with and follow along each step. It also lets you categorize meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), rate your meals, and randomly pick meals for you.
Other things I have going:
Frigate NVR - A couple PoE and wifi cameras set up around the home record everything. Frigate records and timestamps things based on the settings - A person walks up, something loud happens, etc. My only gripe is that there isn't a good Android app to go with it. I'd like to receive notifications on my phone, too.
MeTube - Rip videos from almost anything. Friend sent you an Instagram video, but you don't have Instagram? Chuck it into this and it'll give you the video. Here's all the websites it supports.
raising questions about what the new infIux of tr∞ps
Why is there an infinity symbol instead of two O's?
This dude sounds incredibly dense.
new Netflix documentary series coming in the next decade called "To Make an Arsonist"
GMKtec sells solid mini x86 computers. I have one with an Intel N150, which can do hardware encoding with Intel QSV. https://www.amazon.com/GMKtec-mini-pc-computer-n150/dp/B0CH81C4K3
$137 rn on Amazon for 8gb/256gb N150
You can buy twice as many drives, though.
Honestly I'd recommend buying refurbished drives and using them in a RAID array so that you can easily replace one for cheap(ish) if it goes bad.
before anyone says "RAID is not a backup" yeah I know but you can't deny its capability to function as such. 3-2-1 always applies.
serverpartdeals.com
Set up an alert for when the drive you want goes on sale/in stock
Yeah it's a shame the path Garmin is going :(
Also: Garmin recently enshittified by simultaneously adding an AI slop component that works by taking all of your recorded fitness and location data and doing gods know what with it, as well as a paid subscription tier to their obligatory smartphone app -- the latter after explicitly promising for many years that they wouldn't. So not only is their hardware expensive (and their owners are now rightly pissed), they're also liars. I would not give them any money until they shape up, if I were you. Assuming they ever do...
Gadgetbridge works with most Garmin models. I have the Instinct 2 Solar and have never created a Garmin account or downloader the app.
I'll gladly help you out with that uhhh problem you're having
Very serious btw I'm local
Running it on Docker on my debian server. It runs great.
The config setup is a pain in the ass though.