I have a similar experience when I found out that claude code can use ssh to conect to remote server and diagnose any sysadmin issue there. It just feels really empowered.
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Re: CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
#442> I have flirted with self-hosting at home for years. I always bounced off it - too much time spent configuring instead of using. It just wasn't fun. No judgement, but wanting to tinker/spend time on configuration is a major reason why many people do self-host.
yeah, for sure! i realize that and respect it. i wrote a little bit about it here actually: https://fulghum.io/fun2
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#443Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same applies to Tailscale. A Tailscale client, coordination plane vulnerability, or incomplete understanding of their trust model is also all it takes. You are adding attack surface, not removing it. If your threat model includes "OpenSSH might have an RCE" then "Tailscale might have an RCE" belongs there too. If you are exposing a handful of hardened services on infrastructure you control, Tailscale adds complexity…
There was a time when people were allowed to drive cars unlicensed. These days, that seems insane. As the traffic grew, as speeds increased, licensing became necessary. I think, these days, we're almost into that category. I don't say this happily. But having unrestricted access seems like an era coming to an end. I realise this seems unworkable. But so was the idea of a driver's license. Sometimes society and safety…
I'll take this to mean that you think arbitrary access to a computer's capabilities will require licensure, in which case I think this is a bad metaphor.
The point of a driver's license is that driving a ton of steel around at >50mph presents risk of harm to others.
Not knowing how to use a computer - driving it "poorly" - does not risk harm to others. Why does it merit restriction, based on the topic of this post?
Re: CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
#444I have been self hosting since the late 90s, but I've always just installed everything on Bare metal. I hear more and more about these elaborate Docker setups. What does a setup like this actually look like? Is it just a single docker-compose.yml with everything you want to run and 'docker compose up'?
yeah basically.
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#445Wait… tailscale connection to your own network, and unsupervised sysadmin from an oracle that hallucinates and bases its decisions on blog post aggregates? p0wnland. this will have script kiddies rubbing their hands
Hope OP has nice neighbors because sharing that password is basically keys to this kingdom
sharing what password?
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#446I don't really understand this post completely. >I am spending time using software, learning, and having fun - instead of maintaining it and stressing out about it. Using software, learning and having fun with with what? everything is being done by Claude here. The part of fun and learning is to learn to use and maintain it in the first place. How will you learn anything if Claude is doing everything for you ? You ar…
hi, OP here. people have different reasons/motivations for doing stuff, right? i wrote about it here: https://fulghum.io/fun2
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#447I find LLMs remove all the fun for me. When I build my homelab, I want the satisfaction of knowing that I did it. And the learning gains that only come from doing it manually. I don't mind using an LLM to shortcut areas that are just pure pain with no reward, but I abstain from using it as much as possible. It gives you the illusion that you've accomplished something.
yeah. I wrote a little about that here: https://fulghum.io/fun2
Re: CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
#448Was this article written entirely by Claude for the most part? It definitely reads like it was.
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Re: CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
#449Great article! I think a paragraph on your backup strategy would make it even more complete and compelling, particularly given you put your passwords and photos in there.
thanks. I fleshed that out a bit more. appreciate the feedback.
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#450Earlier quoted context omitted.
you are learning what it takes to keep a machine up and running. You still witness the breakage. You can still watch the fix. You can review what happened. What you are implying from your question is that compared to doing things without AI, you are learning less (or perhaps you believe nothing). You definitely are learning less about mucking around in linux. But, if the alternative was not ever running a linux machi…
How can you review if you don‘t know in the first place? You can watch your doctor, your plumber, your car mechanic and still wouldn’t know if they di something wrong if you don’t know the subject as such.
The primary way humans learn anything at all is by watching and mimicking. Sure, there will be mistakes, but that doesn't preclude learning.