Post by @ironicbadger@techhub.social

2026-09-01 02:50 UTC

Well then… After three years at Tailscale, today I’m starting a new chapter at Unraid as Head of Product Marketing. I’m proud of what we built at #tailscale and enormously grateful to the people I worked with, and to everyone who watched the videos. 1600 subs to 78k, 10m views, and over 150 videos. Not too shabby. Now I get to spend more time furthering the self-hosting mission I care so much about. I’ll be doing product work, community, technical education and, yes, plenty of video. There’s some really good stuff being worked on, and Unraid 8 will be a huge release. #selfhosting #homelab

Replies (18)

@jonathan859@someplace.social 2026-09-01 06:20

@ironicbadger@techhub.social I wish you success in your new role. You did a great job at Tailscale, you always explained very well and helpful.

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@typlesetz@mastodon.social 2026-09-01 02:57

@ironicbadger@techhub.social good luck on the new adventure!

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@manoj@hachyderm.io 2026-09-01 03:00

@ironicbadger@techhub.social Was a pleasant surprise seeing the announcement on today’s unraid digest. Really exciting news as an Unraid user!

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@digitalfox@yip.vulpine.engineer 2026-09-01 04:27

@ironicbadger@techhub.social Congrats on what you've accomplished, and best of wishes with your journey forwards! Looking forward to hearing more about what you're working on next :fox_happy:

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@netappblackbox@mastodon.social 2026-09-01 05:59

Congrats on the move — Unraid’s blend of array parity with per-disk filesystems is genuinely the only mainstream way I’ve seen mixed-capacity drives coexist without wasting space, and it’s a big reason homelabbers can start with two old disks and grow organically.

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@psh@fosstodon.org 2026-09-01 06:15

@ironicbadger@techhub.social not an unraid user but will miss your Tailscale tutorials. I’d say your actually one of the best instructional orators I’ve watched for a software organization.

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@caseyliss@mastodon.social 2026-09-01 09:28

@ironicbadger@techhub.social congratulations, friend! Will miss seeing you on Tailscale stuff though. 😞

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@4rchmg@infosec.exchange 2026-09-01 10:06

@ironicbadger@techhub.social congratulations Alex, best of wishes on your new venture!

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@alexicharles@mastodon.social 2026-09-01 11:09

@ironicbadger@techhub.social congrats and best wishes!! (lost my proxmox and Tailscale go to)

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@shuppie@mas.to 2026-09-01 11:28

@ironicbadger@techhub.social As a relatively new Unraid user (and loving it), I look forward to your work with them

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@badnetmask@hachyderm.io 2026-09-01 11:59

@ironicbadger@techhub.social Good luck!

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@gorkaroldan@mastodon.social 2026-09-01 12:50

@ironicbadger@techhub.social Enjoy the ride!! 🫡

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@glennbrown@techhub.social 2026-09-01 16:25

@ironicbadger@techhub.social Congrats, so how before the main server moves away from Proxmox to Unraid 😂

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@Snuggle2476@mas.to 2026-09-01 16:34

@ironicbadger@techhub.social Awesome! I have been a happy Unraid user since 2022. It was the easy starting point for my self-hosting journey. I look forward to seeing what you do!

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@davidthor@hachyderm.io 2026-09-01 21:19

@ironicbadger@techhub.social congrats! Unraid are lucky to have you!

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@numbleroot@fediscience.org 2026-09-02 07:51

@ironicbadger@techhub.social Congrats on the new position, Alex! Will you still be based in the US? Or is this a UK position? Best of luck in the transition!

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@ThePhoenix@hachyderm.io 2026-09-02 16:36

@ironicbadger@techhub.social congrats Alex! Wish you all the best at unRAID :-)

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@eclecticpassions@fosstodon.org 2026-10-02 06:20

@ironicbadger@techhub.social I learnt a lot from you, Alex. Thank you for making self hosting accessible. Wishing you the best on your new chapter. Will miss your Tailscale videos!

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