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Okay, let's unpack this. If you're anything like me, uh,

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your digital life probably feels packed with subscriptions. Oh,

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definitely streaming online tools, software. Exactly.

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It feels like this,

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this constant stream of recurring payments hitting your bank account.

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Do you actually know like off the top of your head,

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how many you even have or what the total is?

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It's a real blind spot, isn't it? For so many people,

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those little charges they add up so fast. They really do. And you know,

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without a clear overview,

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it's just so easy to overspend or even forget you're paying for something you

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don't use anymore. Right. Spreadsheets get messy and just trying to remember,

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forget it. Yeah. Not really sustainable. Absolutely.

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And that exact problem trying to track all those subscriptions efficiently,

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and maybe more importantly, privately,

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that's what our deep dive is all about today.

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We're looking into an open source tool called Wallows.

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It's a self-hostable web-based and it's built specifically for managing

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personal subscriptions, giving you a simple, clear view of those recurring costs.

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Yeah. Get some control back, maybe ditch the complicated spreadsheets.

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Now our understanding of Wallows, it comes straight from the source material.

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That's right. We've been digging into the GitHub repository where the project

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actually lives and also its official landing page.

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So everything we talk about today is based on what we found there. Exactly.

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Okay. But before we dive deeper,

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we really need to give a big thank you to our sponsor, Safe Server.

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you can find them at www.safe-server.de. Yeah, thanks again to Safe Server.

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Their support lets us explore these kinds of tools that can really help you take

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control. For sure. So here's our mission for this deep dive.

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We're going to explore what Wallows actually is, look at the key features,

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the sources highlight that make it useful. And maybe most importantly,

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especially if you're kind of new to this self hosting world,

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explain how you might actually get started with it based on the sources,

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of course, trying to make it feel, you know, accessible, not scary.

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Let's do it. So starting with the core idea from the sources,

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Wallows is basically presented as this powerful,

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but still simple answer to that problem of scattered subscriptions. Right.

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The whole concept is you should have one single place to manage all those

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recurring things, Netflix, gym, cloud storage, whatever it is. Okay.

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So it's laser focused.

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It's not trying to be your entire budget app or anything. Exactly.

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Just that specific often overlooked category of recurring payments and the

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sources, they point to a whole range of features to back this up. Okay.

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They really break down how it helps you get that clear picture. I do. Yeah.

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If you look at what it can do, sort of falls into a few key areas. All right.

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Let's dig into those. What's the foundation? Well, the most basic thing,

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but absolutely essential is just subscription management.

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The sources show this is where you put in all the details for every service,

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like the name cost, how often it bills, name, amount,

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billing cycle, monthly, yearly, whatever. And the next due date,

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just getting that central list is like step one for visibility. Okay.

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Makes sense. So you've got them listed.

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How does it help you make sense of it beyond just a big list?

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That leads right into category management. According to the source material,

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you can stick each subscription into a category that you create.

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Ah, customizable category. Exactly.

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And this is where you start getting real insight. You group expenses together,

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maybe streaming software, utilities, fitness,

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whatever makes sense for your spending grouping is smart. What about, um,

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different currencies? I have a couple things built in euros or dollars.

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That gets confusing. Yeah,

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that's where the multi-currency support and conversion comes in.

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It's actually pretty powerful.

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The sources say wallows handle subscriptions in various currencies.

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How does it do the conversion?

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It connects with the service. They mentioned the fixer API as an example.

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basically just a way for wallows to automatically grab real time exchange

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rates. So you see everything converted into your main currency.

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It gives you that single accurate total, no matter how things are built.

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That's a huge help. Okay.

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Now something the sources really emphasize is data privacy.

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Yes. This is a big one for wallows.

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That self-hostable part means you install it, you run it on your own server.

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So like a small computer at home or maybe a server you rent somewhere.

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And the key thing highlighted in the sources is that your financial data,

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it stays completely under your control.

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It's not sitting in some third party company's cloud database.

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Okay. So that privacy aspect is huge. You control the data.

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Does that also mean you're responsible for certain things?

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Yes, precisely.

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While the sources really focus on the privacy win and making it easy to start,

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self-hosting always means, well,

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you're also responsible for keeping that server running, keeping it secure,

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doing backups. It's the flip side of that complete control coin.

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You're the guardian of your data.

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Makes sense. More control, but also more responsibility. Okay.

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Beyond the core tracking and privacy,

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what else did the sources mentioned that makes it better to use day-to-day?

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There's quite a bit you can actually customize.

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but also currencies, themes, display options.

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You can sort of make it look and feel how you want.

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Yeah. And useful sorting options too. Arrange your list by due date,

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cost, category, name, whatever helps you figure out your spending patterns.

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I saw a neat little touch mentioned the logo search feature. Right. Yeah.

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If you type in a subscription name,

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Just makes the list a bit nicer to look at visually clearer.

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Little things like that add up. They do. And speaking of daily use,

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the sources confirm it's got a fully responsive mobile view,

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so you can easily check things or add a new subscription from your phone or

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tablet. Good. What about seeing trends? Like how much am I spending over time?

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That's where the statistics and graphs come in.

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The sources indicate Wallows gives you visualizations, helps you spot patterns,

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track your total recurring costs month by month.

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See where the money's really going across those categories you set up. Exactly.

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And crucial, how do you avoid missing a payment or, you know,

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forgetting a free trial is about to end and charge you.

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Notifications. Super important.

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Wallows supports sending reminders through actually quite a few channels,

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the sources list, email, telegram, discord, push over,

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go to fi and even web hooks. Wow. Lots of options there. Yeah.

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So you can pick how and where you want those alerts about upcoming payments. Very

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flexible.

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Super practical. And one last thing,

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the landing page mentioned was extensive multi-language support. Yes.

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Over 21 languages. Apparently it just great opens it up to a much wider audience

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globally. Okay. That is a really solid set of features,

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all focused on tracking, organizing, analyzing,

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and just staying on top of those recurring costs. But the big question,

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especially for someone may be new to this self-hosting idea,

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how do I actually get this thing running? Right. That can sound intimidating.

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Yeah. But the sources actually provide some helpful guidance here.

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They seem to try and make it approachable, even for beginners.

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They really do.

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The source material basically lays out a couple of main ways to install wallows.

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There's the more, let's say traditional bare metal install,

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which means installing it directly onto your server's operating system, right?

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Manually setting up web servers, databases. Exactly that way.

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Or the other way they highlight is using Docker or Docker compose.

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the sources definitely seem to point towards Docker. Why is that simpler?

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Well, Docker and Docker compose in particular,

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it just lowers the barrier to entry quite a bit.

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It works by bundling everything wallows needs, the web server stuff, the PHP bits,

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all of it into these neat little isolated packages called containers.

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OK, so instead of you manually installing

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Docker sort of handles a lot of that complexity for you.

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Gotcha. And the GitHub repository,

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it provides that Docker dash compose dot YAML file needed.

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Yes, it does.

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Can you maybe walk us through what that file actually does based on the sources?

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Why does it make the setup easier?

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Absolutely. Think of the Docker dash compose dot YAML file like a recipe or a

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blueprint.

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It tells Docker compose precisely how to set up and run wallows.

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It specifies things like which wallows application image to download.

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I mentioned building wallows dot latest as an example.

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It maps network ports so you can actually reach wallows in your web browser,

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like connecting port 80 to 80 to on your server to the standard web port 80 inside

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the wallows container. Right.

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So you can access it.

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Yeah. It lets you set your time zone.

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And really importantly, it defines volumes, volumes.

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What are those for?

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Volumes are crucial here.

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They tell Docker where to store the actual wallows application data,

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like its database file and logos you upload outside of the running container

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itself on your server's disk.

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So the data isn't lost if the container stops or updates.

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Exactly. That's super important.

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It means your subscription data, your categories, all that stuff,

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isn't just temporary inside the container.

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It's stored persistently, safely in that volume on your server.

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So you update walls later or restart it.

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Your data is still there.

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That persistence sounds absolutely key.

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OK, so if I'm a beginner and I've got this info from the sources,

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what's the simplest sequence of steps using this Docker Compose method?

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Right. Based on the source material, it looks pretty straightforward.

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First, you need Docker and Docker Compose actually installed on your server.

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a virtual machine, a cheap cloud server, whatever you're using.

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OK, prereq was its first.

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Second, grab that docker-compose.yml file from the wallows GitHub page.

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You might need to make tiny edits,

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like maybe double checking the volume

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pads match where you want to store data on your server or confirming the time

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zone is right for you, minor tweaks, minor tweaks.

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where you save that file and just run the command docker-compose up at 10.

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And that one command that does most of the work.

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It really does.

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The bat pad part just tells it to run in the background.

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Docker-compose reads the file, downloads the wall's image if needed,

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starts the container with all the settings, connects those persistent volumes.

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It basically handles setting up the whole environment defined in that file.

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So you don't have to manually install PHP,

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configure a web server like NGINX or Apache, set up a database.

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Nope. Docker-compose orchestrates all of that based on the recipe file.

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It definitely sounds like an easier

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entry point compared to setting up everything from scratch.

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It really does.

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OK, so that command finishes.

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How do you actually start using Wallace then?

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Simple. Just open a web browser on your computer or any device on your network

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that can reach your server's IP address and go to that address,

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followed by the port you mapped.

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And the examples from the sources, it's often port 8282.

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So like HTTP.your-serverep.8282.

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Exactly. The very first time you load that page,

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Wallace itself will guide you through creating your first user account,

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setting a username and password.

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And from there, it's about setting it up for yourself.

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Precisely.

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You then log in, go into the settings.

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That's where you'll add the categories you want, maybe adjust your main currency,

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perhaps add other people in your household if you want to track things together.

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Right. And that currency conversion feature needs set up too.

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Yes. To get the multi currency conversion working,

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you need to follow the steps in the sources to get a free API key from a service

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like

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Fixer, they provide currency data, and then you just paste that key into the

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OK, I think I saw a little tip in the source

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material about making sure it updates the rates right away.

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Yeah, good catch.

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They suggest just quickly changing your main currency setting to something else,

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saving it, and then changing it right back.

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It's apparently a simple trick to force

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Handy tip.

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the guidance in the sources, especially pushing that Docker compose method,

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even if you don't have tons of server admin experience.

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And for anyone listening who just wants to see it in action first,

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maybe before even thinking about installing anything,

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the sources mention a great option for that.

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They do.

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There's a live demo site you can play with.

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It's at HTTPS.demo.wallowsapp.com.

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And they even give login details.

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Yep. The source material helpfully says the username is demo and the password is

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also demo. Just remember, as the sources point out,

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the database on that demo resets every couple of hours.

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OK, so it's purely for exploring.

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Don't put your real data there.

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Exactly. Just for clicking around,

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seeing the features, getting a feel for the interface, not for actual use.

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Trying the demo is definitely a smart first step.

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See if it clicks for you.

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This has been really insightful.

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It seems like Wallows is a very focused and potentially quite powerful tool

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for tackling that very common subscription overload problem.

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It really does seem that way.

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The core value proposition based on everything in the sources is simplifying

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that tracking to give you real insight and ultimately better control over your

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recurring finances. Right.

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All those features we talked about categories, stats, multi-currency notifications,

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they all seem built around that one central goal and that strong emphasis

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on data privacy, you know, through self-hosting.

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That's a really significant advantage for a lot of people nowadays.

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Keeping sensitive financial info truly under your own lock and key.

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Absolutely. Having your data on your own

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server, it just offers a level of control and privacy that people are increasingly

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looking for these open source self-hosted tools like Wallows.

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They offer a compelling alternative to just handing your data over to third party

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services. So let's maybe leave you, the listener,

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with the thought to chew on building on what we've learned from the sources today.

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OK, think about how easy it is for those

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recurring costs to just become invisible, almost a small monthly fee here.

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An annual renewal there.

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They just kind of fade into the background noise of your bank statement.

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Yeah, you stop noticing them individually.

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Exactly, Wallace.

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But giving you that single clear private

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overview of all of them based on the details you put in, it can act as this

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really powerful wake up call, a tool for financial awareness.

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Just seeing the true cumulative impact

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of all those small recurring payments laid out in one place.

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That can be incredibly eye opening and

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maybe the first step towards making more conscious financial choices.

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It really highlights the difference

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that simple visibility can make in managing your money more effectively.

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So if you're curious after this deep dive and you want to explore Wallace further,

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definitely check out that demo site, HTTPS.demo.wallowsapp.com.

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Use the demo demo log in, kick the tires.

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Good way to start or if you're feeling

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a bit more adventurous and want to look at the actual code or the installation

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details we discussed, head over to the project's GitHub page.

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And one more time, we want to say a huge

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thank you to our sponsor, Safe Server, for supporting this exploration of Wallows.

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Yes, thank you, Safe Server.

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They're a fantastic resource if you're looking into hosting solutions

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or need help with digital transformation stuff.

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You can find out more about them at www.safeserver.de.

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Check them out.

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Thanks so much for joining us for this deep dive.

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We really hope this look at Wallows has

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given you a clear picture of what it is and maybe how it could help you get

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a better handle on your subscriptions.

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Yeah, hope it was useful until next time.