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A student asked Master Foo: "What applications do you self-host"? Master Foo said: "All of them and none" Upon hearing this, the student was enlightened.
I didn't get the joke exactly or dunno if it is a reference. But it seems like the right response to this thread lol
What are your most used self-hosted applications?
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#222For work, Vimflowy has been great as a todo list scratchpad. I have Markdown New Tab in the browser as a general scratchpad, but Vimflowy as a pinned tab for todo lists.
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#223Wow, the headline makes me feel kind of stupid and out of touch. When I think of the applications I run regularly, they're not "hosted" anywhere. They are native desktop applications that I run on my home computer. I do have a single server running 24/7 on my network, but I don't consider a home media NAS to be an "application" that is "self-hosted". It's just a linux box with a bunch of disks running NFS. Is NFS an…
The thing is desktop apps are Dead, for multiple reasons: - People don't trust anymore to install softwares on their computer, using them in the browser is safer - There is no good cross-platform UI, so nearly everything is now a web app - There is tons of good open-source softwares that you can self-host and use from anywhere instead of just one computer, also there is more expectations around sharing access to frie…
> People don't trust anymore to install softwares on their computer, using them in the browser is safer
I doubt users know the difference. We got here because OS vendors don't trust users to install software on their computer. What we really need are simple, solid sandboxing APIs to empower developers to ship secure software.
> There is no good cross-platform UI, so nearly everything is now a web app
Yep. I spent the last few days surveying the cross-platform GUI landscape. It really is pretty sad. Qt and wxWidgets seem super bloated, and the Qt company appears to be actively attempting to escape from their open source obligations[0].
I think there's hope on the horizon though. Flutter is pretty dang good, and the licensing story is much better than Qt. Also, there are several toolkits for Rust and Golang that are shaping up to be awesome. I think we might have a native GUI renaissance in 5 years or so.
[0]: https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2020q2/006098.h...
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#224Home assistant and some related services. For most other things though, I’m very happy to NOT manage anything myself, this includes media, backup, email and so on. I used a NAS in the past but stopped doing that when streaming services appeared. I hate collecting and organizing things so it’s a huge relief to not have media files.
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I didn't get the joke exactly or dunno if it is a reference. But it seems like the right response to this thread lol
It's an old programming "meme", going back to 80s if not further. see: https://jcarpizo.github.io/tao-of-programming.html
Well this is more master foo's unix koans than the tao of programming, but they're for sure cut from the same cloth.
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I’ve been considering setting up plex so my mom and brother could access media. Would jellyfin be better for this?
I've not used Plex, so I'm not sure. You'd need to find a way to expose it to the Internet (mine's only on my local network) but that shouldn't be too hard. Just forward the correct ports on your router. It does have an account system, including the ability to restrict which "libraries" an account can access, which is great if you have kids. For adults, it lets you track your viewing progress/status separately, just…
> You'd need to find a way to expose it to the Internet
This can be tricky if you're stuck behind a CGNAT, which is becoming more common. I maintain a list of solutions to this problem here:
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Do IKEA blinds come with motors built in? How did you hook 'em up?
With the Ikea blinds, the motor is built into the tube the shade rolls around (for roller shades) or in the top of the blind (for the cellular blinds). There is a rechargeable battery pack that slots in at the top and a remote to control the shades. Nothing to hard wire. Search "Ikea TREDANSEN motorized blind" and you'll find the product page. The only issue with the Ikea shades is that they can't be cut - so they'll…
Gotcha. I was asking because we just got a new set of blinds that are decidedly not motorized. I think I've seen some third party motors you can add though.
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#228Self-hosting is still way too hard. Running your own Plex server on an old laptop shouldn't be any more difficult or less secure than installing an app on your phone. Folks shouldn't have to understand DNS, TLS, HTTP, IP addresses, ports, NAT, CGNAT, port forwarding, etc in order to run a server application on their own hardware. I think we can build usable abstractions around most of it, while being secure by defaul…
Docker and Tailscale are all you need. I have all my services in single docker-compose yaml.
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#229- Email: Mail-in-a-box
- Cloud (Calendar/contacts/files/notes/photos): Nextcloud
- Matrix: Synapse
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The thing is desktop apps are Dead, for multiple reasons: - People don't trust anymore to install softwares on their computer, using them in the browser is safer - There is no good cross-platform UI, so nearly everything is now a web app - There is tons of good open-source softwares that you can self-host and use from anywhere instead of just one computer, also there is more expectations around sharing access to frie…
> People don't trust anymore to install softwares on their computer, using them in the browser is safer I doubt users know the difference. We got here because OS vendors don't trust users to install software on their computer. What we really need are simple, solid sandboxing APIs to empower developers to ship secure software. > There is no good cross-platform UI, so nearly everything is now a web app Yep. I spent the…
I doubt there will be a native GUI renaissance, look at the mac app store, it's not making a dent in the global direction and it's available since years. Ok it's only for a single platform, it's even worse on the windows app store!
I think there is no way back for desktop apps. Browser is the best sandbox available.