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schmurian

@ schmurian @lsmu.schmurian.xyz

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  • Please do. Maybe you‘ll find something useful. I found radicale working best for me (it was easy to install and selfhost). Selfhosting covers many topics, so it‘s difficult to share additional links here. But if you do a websearch, you should find good tutorials. Try to host in the local network first, and install a VPN to access services like CalDAV or CardDAV on the road. This will keep you from spending time on additional security considerations when hosting something on a public accessible host, which can be overwhelming when still being at the beginning.

  • Contact management

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  • Do you mean something like CalDAV? There are some solutions listed on the awesome-selfhosted github list

  • Self-hosted GitHub alternative?

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  • It now also comes with Gitea Actions and the Act Runner - in case this feature is relevant to you.

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  • Looking for a app/service to save webpages

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  • I recently installed linkding which works quite well.

  • Good multiroom speaker system?

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  • Ah, sorry. You‘re right.

  • Good multiroom speaker system?

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  • An example for a raspberry audio setup could be balena sound

  • Software for writing

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  • I recently saw a blogpost somewhere, where someone used git versioning for writing, and I find this idea highly intriguing. Then I realized, that I already have an app that would allow me to work like this: NotesHub

    For now, I only started a journal, but I plan for some time already to start writing again.

    Obsidian is great too, but a pain when it comes to syncing on iOS.

  • Yunohost frustrations of the beginner self hoster

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  • Yeah, I feel the same about hypes, still ansible seems like a useful concept. Anyway, I agree it should support actual needs and not collecting dust somewhere. Which in my case are some microcontrollers.

    Lemmy was my way back into federation and so far I enjoy it! :)

    It think to strive for a simple to maintain solution is not necessarily requiring technology from the early days of the internet. We‘ve come a long way and personally I enjoy to be able to build something „simple“ that still looks modern. So, yes. I try to keep the amount of screen time small, but there are so many cool services out there to try!

  • Cryptomator

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  • Files not being fully synced and ended up corrupt. This happened especially on iOS with documents actively worked on like for example numbers sheets.

  • Yunohost frustrations of the beginner self hoster

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  • I totally can relate to that, and have similar project waiting for me.

    When it comes to wordpress, we quickly abandoned it in favour of simpler, static site generators, based on the fact, that we don‘t need all of the bloat that comes with wordpress. If you‘re interested, hugo is one example that is referred to quite often.

    A git repository should be doable. Not sure about the wordpress part, but I guess anything could be setup with CI/CD pipelines or with ansible if you‘re up for another tool. (There‘s currently a hype around this approach and I see why it appeals, but I haven‘t wrapped my head around that tool yet)

  • Yunohost frustrations of the beginner self hoster

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  • I tried docker and stopped shortly after, because it was adding a layer of complexity I was not prepared for at the beginning. So I started with services I could run on bare metal with an OS like Ubuntu. For this a basic website for clients could be a good starter because it might only need a reverse proxy with php and a database. BUT this already opens questions around how secure is your server, which would be the first topic I would focus on, especially when hosting stuff for clients. Because if something happens to their data, you‘re responsible for it.

    If it‘s just a static page like a portfolio, simple things like restricting access with firewalls ACLs and other basic server configurations might already be enough.

    For hosting email, this topic still hasn‘t come to a mence for me, because it sounds like a lot of time and effort that goes into maintenance so I keep looking for hosted services with a good privacy approach.

    What resources are you thinking of (there are many). Again, the best way of approaching it is take something with little dependencies and components that are well documented and easy to learn, so you can focus on how to monitor the host, and make sure you can administrate it fast and efficiently.

    Later on you can add more complex services and learn about the new components.

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  • Fair point actually.

  • Yunohost frustrations of the beginner self hoster

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  • Well, in terms of learning, I‘m still learning, and I‘m already a few years in. In terms of time in front of a screen, it depends on how much automation you throw at your services and builds. It will always come back to questions like: what if an update changes the way the software works? What if something breaks, like a config or a dependency overwrites another. How good do you know the parts of the services for troubleshooting? Do you have a backup? How fast can you rebuild your systems? If you have answers to these questions, you can feel confident in hosting services for yourself and others. If not, you can try but will run into these moments at some point, where you need to fix something fast. And that‘s the moment where you spent your time in front of a screen.

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  • I have encountered errors. But I still would recommend it. It‘s a good app. However, I moved back to Veracrypt.

  • Yunohost frustrations of the beginner self hoster

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  • I think yunohost is great to get your feet wet with selfhosting. But as soon as your setup is a little bit more complex or not following the cookiecutter templates, you will end up building systems from scratch.

    And to be fair, most of the software for selfhosting comes with good documentation. Yes, there is a learning curve, but if you are serious about it, you will stick to it until you find the piece of software working.

  • How do you deal with bad cyclic burnout?

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  • This is not a medical advice. And if you experience burnouts returning frequently, that‘s what you might wanna get.

    However, I noticed, when I started to work in a regular job, I was able to work all year without the need of taking time off. I was used to it, since I was self-employed before that. After the first few years at this new job I started to feel the same things you‘ve felt (but maybe not to the extremes you‘ve described). So (with the lovely advice from my SO), I decided to take all my accumulated time off and we went to a place, where I really was able to turn off my phone, let my mind wander and together we explored new things. After 3 weeks, I felt not burned out anymore and was able to perform.

    This lasted for about 5 months after which I took another vacation. Now I try to take at least a week off each quarter. With a longer vacation once a year if time allows.

    So, what I want to say: take time off where you can stop thinking about your occupation (and anything like social media or emails). Try to learn something new (if you want to be productive) that isn‘t tied to goals or deadlines (and don‘t try to make this new hobby a profession) or you will find yourself in a worse cycle with two jobs. Even better, immerse yourself in something unproductive.

  • Looking for Self-hosted Bookmark Manager

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  • Thank you, I will give it a try.

  • Looking for Self-hosted Bookmark Manager

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  • Ah, nice, thank you for sharing. Does Vivaldi offer some good sorting capabilities?

  • Looking for Self-hosted Bookmark Manager

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  • I also use floccus. It‘s good for what it is, but I‘m still searching for something that would allow me to easily reorganize this huge pile of bookmarks I‘ve accumulated.