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Re: What I Self Host

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Post by latexr »

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #104
latexr wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> No, words have quite definite meanings. Were that the case, “literally” would not literally mean both itself and its opposite. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/misuse-of-literally Words change meaning frequently throughout history, depending on how they are (mis)used. Or they can change meaning depending on context or part of the country/world. https://www.vox.com/2015/11/29/9806038/great-british-baking-...…

> Were that the case, “literally” would not literally mean both itself and its opposite. It doesn't mean the opposite. People misuse it a lot in that way, but they are quite wrong.

Read the link and follow the definition. The “figurative”, “for emphasis” usage of literally was officially added to dictionaries, meaning it is official it means that, whether we like it or not. Whenever you tell people they are wrong for that usage of “literally”, you are now the wrong one.

You are advocating for prescriptivism, but descriptivism is a perfectly valid approach to language.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/descriptive-vs-presc...

We all use plenty of words by their “wrong” meaning, because they changed over time and before we were born.

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Post by mac-attack »

sh3rl0ck wrote: post #31
tetrisgm wrote: post #13

Self hosting is great. The examples in this article are not exactly shining examples: an API that shows your Spotify stats? If we’re going to talk about self hosting music, I’d like to mention Roon, which is loved by audiophiles. It aims at creating a magazine like experience for navigating and discovering music. Been using it since COVID and it’s completely transformed my experience of listening to something else th…

The fact that it's a subscription is slightly off putting. Loved the UI photos, but I guess I'll continue with Navidrome + Feishin/Symfonium.

Jellyfin user but also leaning on the Feishin/Symfonium desktop/mobile combo. Two of the best UX in the game

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by mac-attack »

craftkiller wrote: post #48
hk1337 wrote: post #38

Linkding is really nice. I have a bunch of bookmark shortcuts saved that I still need to import into it.

I've taken this one step further: I self-host archivebox which is basically a self-hosted wayback machine. That way my bookmarks are immune to articles being taken down / moved / modified.

Auto archive is already built into linkding fyi

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by liqilin1567 »

craftkiller wrote: post #48
hk1337 wrote: post #38

Linkding is really nice. I have a bunch of bookmark shortcuts saved that I still need to import into it.

I've taken this one step further: I self-host archivebox which is basically a self-hosted wayback machine. That way my bookmarks are immune to articles being taken down / moved / modified.

I self-host a pretty lightweight bookmark website——readeck, it scrape original page to the local server while keeping the original formatting.

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by liqilin1567 »

This is my self-hosted list--all of which are hosted on a 1-cpu, 1G RAM VPS :)

1. siyuan - a lightweight note-taking website like obsidian

2. readeck - a lightweight bookmark website scrapes original page to the local server while keeping the original formatting.

3. leantime - a lightweight project management website

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by npodbielski »

tallanvor wrote: post #109
npodbielski wrote: post #72

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It depends of your needs and resources of course but you can keep in some drawer or basement some old or small PC and you basically do not have to spend money on this, but for paid servers you have to spend 20-50$/month for something sensible. 1tb of backup in some s3 service costs like 120$ per year, and 1TB is not that much. In reality paid servers will be close to 1k$/year and in that price you can have sensible m…

Sure, I could get a server at home, but then I have to figure out how to make it quiet enough that I don't notice it while keeping it from overheating - something that's hard enough to do with the equipment I already have. And then I have to worry about what happens if somebody decides to have fun trying to DDOS something on my home connection. Again, easier to rent a dedicated server so I don't have to worry about i…

I guess it depends on your country climate, here, where I live in the basement I have steady 22-23 degrees C, so not a problem really. Also I do not have even GPU there which is the most problematic part usually.

About DDOS, you should not your server directly connected to the internet. Use some router or managed switch first. Usually it have already some kind of protection on whatever device is connected to your internet provider infrastructure.

Another question is why would anybody DDOS you? You are not important enough. When I bought domain and connected it to my VPS - I got almost instantly visitors (probably bots looking for new domains being registered) trying bruteforce an access. And I almost instantly blocked Root login and Password auth. They were still trying to login. So I moved the port to higher one. It was calm for few months and then they found new port and again tried to ram it down. So I blocked IPs only to predefined set.

It was exactly the same when I opened my server to the internet with new domain. From that point of view it does not matter if this is your machine, VPS or dedicated server on some rack somewhere. You are responsible for its security.

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Post by npodbielski »

ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #88
npodbielski wrote: post #70

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Maybe for some. But for me I do not want giant corp own my data. Like I do give keys to my house to some company or I do not have people manage my own money. Just as a principle.

newsboat doesn't give anyone any data.

Never heard of it.

I just tried to explain to you why I DO THIS.

Re: What I Self Host

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Post by npodbielski »

bjoli wrote: post #100
npodbielski wrote: post #60

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Others already answered with information that you usually have more devices then just 1. So you can have access to your data from PC, laptop and your phone. I for once also like to have my own data my own. I.e. I have: - my own email server - my own files sharing service - service for cardDav, CalDav etc. - service for editing my own office files on mobile - notes that are synchronized - streaming of movies and music…

I tried various Things to be able to access my own DNA while not at home and ended up using wire guard for my subnet so that I always have access to my DNA server. Right now I am solving it with mikrotiks "back to home" app., but the regular wire guard app does it as well. It uses very little battery.

You mean DLNA? Like media server? The ones I am/was using are quite wide spread. The most popular is plex I think, but I never liked that you have to register someplace else to be access your local library, crazy notion for me.

Anyway the nginx reverse proxy is enough for those. You can login and listen to your own music or watch your movies anywhere.

Checkout for example here: https://github.com/linuxserver/reverse-proxy-confs

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Post by npodbielski »

leosanchez wrote: post #74
npodbielski wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Others already answered with information that you usually have more devices then just 1. So you can have access to your data from PC, laptop and your phone. I for once also like to have my own data my own. I.e. I have: - my own email server - my own files sharing service - service for cardDav, CalDav etc. - service for editing my own office files on mobile - notes that are synchronized - streaming of movies and music…

Can you list out the names of services?

Sure but not here. It is too public forum. Drop me an email and I send you some examples.
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