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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s not what I meant. I can self host without building layers upon layers of infrastructure and infrastructure management tools.

In fact your post could be misconstrued to suggest that if you can’t build out a home server cluster with enterprise tooling and automated deployment as in TFA, you shouldn’t self-host. Realistically, it’s not necessary.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The last thing I want to see when I clock out is another terminal screen.

I'm reacting to this mostly. Self-hosters are a bit of an obnoxious blend of people who want turnkey-but-not-Google solutions and people willing to learn how to do things. People whining about "having to use a terminal" are generally in the former category.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I get that. It’s never been easier to self host with minimal knowledge and people still say it’s too hard. I said terminal but I don’t mean that to limit to bash. It could be any server interface.

I deal with the tech all day. I get paid to. I’d rather spend my leisure time touching grass, but I’m at that point in my career where it’s difficult to get excited like I do in my 20s.