# Alex Deletes it All

URL: /show/self-hosted/57/
> Troubleshooting goes very wrong for Alex, and he puts his backups to the ultimate test.

- Show: [Self-Hosted](/show/self-hosted/)
- Episode: 57
- Date: 2021-11-05
- Hosts: alex, chris
- Duration: 00:47:54
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7296e34a-2697-479a-adfb-ad32329dd0b0/2413efbf-f9d4-4add-891d-c29553365c23.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/0vF5TIcQLW8



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### Episode Links

  * [SONOFF CC2531 USB Zigbee Dongle](https://itead.cc/product/cc2531-usb-dongle/ "SONOFF CC2531 USB Zigbee Dongle") — The CC2531 USB dongle is a fully operational USB device which provides a PC interface to IEEE802.15.4 / ZigBee application
  * [Shuck 'em if you got 'em](https://shucks.top/ "Shuck 'em if you got 'em") — WD external drive price tracker
  * [Alex Kretzschmar on Twitter](https://twitter.com/IronicBadger/status/1455541800228343819 "Alex Kretzschmar on Twitter") — Let the drive burn in commence!
  * [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/ "Obsidian") — Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
  * [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/ "MkDocs") — MkDocs is a fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file. Start by reading the introductory tutorial, then check the User Guide for more information.
  * [Drone CI](https://www.drone.io/ "Drone CI") — Drone is a self-service Continuous Integration platform for busy development teams.
  * [2021.11: Icon picker, device links and entity categories](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2021/11/03/release-202111/ "2021.11: Icon picker, device links and entity categories")
  * [Home Assistant 2021.11 Release Party](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofy4fnnXg-U "Home Assistant 2021.11 Release Party")
  * [Home Assistant on Twitter](https://twitter.com/home_assistant/status/1455381542784552961 "Home Assistant on Twitter") — We encountered a daylight savings bug last weekend when Europe transitioned last weekend. A restart will resolve the issue. If you are yet to transition to a new summer/winter time, update to 2021.10.7.
  * [tuya-home-assistant](https://github.com/tuya/tuya-home-assistant/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed "tuya-home-assistant")