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Hey community! Do you use any database or anything to manage your environments? I started a relational Notion database a while back but never dug in. Objects types for things like hardware, software, deployments, technologies, and tie-ins to my other LifeOs databases. (e.g., the inkbird aquarium thermostat in Smart Life/Tuya via Home Assistant is linked to my aquarium database as a gear object.)

I'm rebuilding half my lab right now and thought it might be worth seeing if there's a better method before returning to my half-assed system.

(I pay for Notion - I also failed at making my super complex Obsidian implementation work across my devices and platforms. I'm in the market for a replacement for that whole universe, so if this thread turns into a moratorium on Notion, I get it. Still, I'm open to discussion, so snark is unnecessary.)

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[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 7 points 2 years ago

I use dokuwiki to document everything (mostly)

https://wiki.gardiol.org/ in case it could be useful to anybody.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

omfg you're a hero. how long have you been working on this?!?!

[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My pet project.

Mostly to remember what I did and why. But also help others, and offer a different view on the self host approach (Gentoo, no systemd, podman rootless... ).

And to have fun, mostly.

[-] afk_strats@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is so awesome. I this will be my light reading for the next week

[-] Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 1 points 2 years ago

Ease, any feedback is welcome. Pm me if you prefer.

[-] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago
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