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  • Should I move to Docker?

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  • One of the things I like about containers is how central the IaC methodology is. There are certainly tools to codify VMs, but with Docker, right out of the gate, you'll be defining your containers through a Dockerfile, or docker-compose.yml, or whatever other orchestration platform. With a VM, I'm always tempted to just make on the fly config changes directly on the box, since it's so heavy to rebuild them, but with containers, I'm more driven to properly update the container definition and then rebuild the container. Because of that, you have an inherent backup that you can easily push to a remote git server or something similar. Maybe that's not as much of a benefit if you have a good system already, but containers make it easier imo.

  • Self hosting on an Android mobile?

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  • I've always been hesitant to host any services on a device with a non-removable battery. Having a battery constantly charging and discharging isn't great for it and could potentially be a fire hazard. I know modern devices have gotten much smarter about how they charge, so maybe it's not as much of an issue anymore, but still something to be aware of depending on how old your phone is or how you modify the firmware.

    Personally, with how cheap you can find a mini PC or SBC, I would just save up a bit (maybe even sell the device you're planning to host on) and keep an eye out for deals. You're going to get a lot more freedom and power with those devices, and not have to try to hack around the limitations of a mobile OS.

  • Getting started with self hosting - resources?

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  • My advice for security is don't expose anything to the Internet unless you're sure you know how to secure it. If you want to be able to access self-hosted services remotely, setting up a VPN is the way to go. OpenVPN is gonna be the most widely supported way of doing that. In fact, based on a quick Google search, it looks like your router has an OpenVPN server built in. If you're willing to put in some effort for something more modern and performant, look into WireGuard.

    Another benefit of having a VPN is that if you set it up to allow access back out to the Internet, you can use it to mask your internet traffic while you're connected to an untrusted network.

  • I dont like drama

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  • I can't wait for Lemmy to catch up with Mastodon in this regard. Between this and not being able to easily migrate your account to a new instance, it doesn't feel like Lemmy users have as much of the freedom that the fediverse can provide.

  • Backups, people...backups

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  • SFTP is pretty simple to work with via shell commands. Your best bet is probably just to write a script to archive/compress your configuration and upload it, and then set that script to run periodically. You can do this within HA.

    https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/shell_command/

  • Replacing drive with a larger drive in zfs

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  • That sounds interesting. Thanks for the recommendation!

  • Replacing drive with a larger drive in zfs

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  • Part of me is starting to wonder, honestly. I will say that the web UI for TrueNAS Scale is leagues better than Unraid's, which to me always felt confusing and hacked together. ZFS is also really nice, although Unraid did recently add support.

    One pain point I've run into with TNS is that access to Docker or Kubernetes seems to be intentionally locked down from access anywhere but the built in apps catalog. As someone who works with Docker and various orchestration engines professionally, I much prefer being able to define and stand up my own services to using a list of predefined templates. There are obviously ways of getting around the restrictions in TNS, but with Unraid, I could install something like Portainer or simply drop into the terminal and run docker commands myself. Not having that is frustrating.

    Overall though, I think TrueNAS is a much cleaner and more modern user experience, so long as you stay on their rails. Which I suppose is the point.

  • Replacing drive with a larger drive in zfs

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  • I looked at doing two vdevs but was put off by the lower usable storage. At a certain point, maybe that's not as important as I think though.

    Yeah, the choice for 6TB wasn't my best. I got the two older drives a few years back on a Newegg flash sale, and it seemed like plenty, especially considering Unraid's model of 1 parity drive and 100% usable storage on the data drive(s). Then, when I decided to upgrade, I was too cheap to go buy 4 whole new drives, so I just went with more of what I already had (to add insult to injury, they're all WD Red drives...).

  • Cool cool cool

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  • Just wait until climate change kills the vast majority of coffee crops. That'll probably remind people that it's a luxury.

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  • +1 for Jellyfin. It's FOSS, doesn't pollute your media collection with terrible streaming offerings, and doesn't paywall hardware acceleration. Much better option than Plex these days imo.

  • Is there anything actually useful or novel about "AI"?

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  • I find it useful in a lot of ways. I think people try to over apply it though. For example, as a software engineer, I would absolutely not trust AI to write an entire app. However, it's really good at generating "grunt work" code. API requests, unit tests, etc. Things that are well trodden, but change depending on the context.

    I also find they're pretty good at explaining and summarizing information. The chat interface is especially useful in this regard because I can ask follow up questions to drill down into something I don't quite understand. Something that wouldn't be possible with a Wikipedia article, for example. For important information, you should obviously check other sources, but you should do that regardless of whether the writer is a human or machine.

    Basically, it's good at that it's for: taking a massive compendium of existing information and applying it to the context you give it. It's not a problem solving engine or an artificial being.

  • What Reddit client did you use before the API changes?

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  • Really looking forward to the Lemmy version. Jerboa has a pretty similar UI but it just doesn't have the same polish.

  • Reddit refugees complaining that there's too much NSFW content and communism in their Lemmy feeds

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  • Lemmy actually has two different "trending" feeds. Active, which seems to show posts that are getting more comments, and Hot, which seems more focused on votes. You probably have Active selected by default. Turns out porn gets lots of upvotes but doesn't generate a lot of conversation.

  • What app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free?

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  • Taking the opportunity to get on my soapbox and remind everyone that free software still requires someone's time and effort to maintain. If you've been using a free app for a while and you and you enjoy it (and you have the means to do so), consider sending a donation to the developers/maintainers! It's a good way to help ensure that the great, free app you enjoy stays great and free.

  • What app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free?

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  • Taking the opportunity to get on my soapbox and remind everyone that free software still requires someone's time and effort to maintain. If you've been using a free app for a while and you and you enjoy it (and you have the means to do so), consider sending a donation to the developers/maintainers! It's a good way to help ensure that the great, free app you enjoy stays great and free.

  • What app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free?

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  • Be honest, do you still use reddit?

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  • I used reddit pretty much exclusively on my phone through the Boost app. When that went dark, I didn't really feel the need to go out of my way to download a far worse app, so I stopped checking reddit.