We aim to introduce additional paid services (not paywalled features, as we will never implement paywalled features), which will help support the project and that enhance self-hosting, making it easier and more reliable. First among the many services already planned is an end-to-end encrypted, off-site backup and restore feature, built directly into Immich. This will enable a buddy backup feature as well.

I love this.

Free features, but offering actual useful services for self-hosters (encrypted cloud backup). Great business model for a project like this.

What is the show?

The FedID is just a way to try out federated services internally. Ghost can federate posts to other federated services, they have plenty of info on their site if you’re interested.

We work in it. Created FedID and use it for identity management.

We also use Ghost for our blog.

Dropbear. You can run a small SSH server in initd that allows you to SSH in and type the encryption password. It doesn’t run a shell, just cryptsetup.

Try gam (Github Application Manager). It’s like apt for GitHub.

https://github.com/Fmstrat/gam

No it’s not. Tell them to learn to switch or lose access. It’s your server, do what you want.

Others are debating the point about the doc itself, so I won’t go there, but just because you enjoyed doing it, doesn’t mean others do, or have the time.

I happen to write really detailed documentation, because I like to, I like the formality of it. However, as I stated in my other comment my complaint is about the assumptions made in the blog post. Specifically:

I just felt like if we rewrote the blog post as a “What a writer who’s never learned to program’s code looks like to a developer” it would make no sense, so why should we accept it in it’s current form?

Agreed, maybe this writer could step in and volunteer their time instead of writing satire complaining about it.

Oh man, this I do hate. If you have terminology in your app, that is not a standard, please, please define it.

I think you’re spot on, and this is the reason I put “controversial” in front of it. I just felt like if we rewrote the blog post as a “What a writer who’s never learned to program’s code looks like to a developer” it would make no sense, so why should we accept it in it’s current form?

The article is by what appears to be a career writer who implies that developers should be doing their job, too. Not to mention this is mostly in unpaid FOSS. The author’s method is tone deaf.

As for your response, while factually true, to your example: Lemmy users don’t care that you use Linux. Lemmy users care that you’re the type of person who will educate yourself enough to learn Linux.

Growth through learning, and part of that learning is figuring out the holes and filling them in. Heck, once Lemmy gets past that stage, we (and all those who took the plunge) will probably all move on to somewhere else.

Controversial, but: Skill issue.

I do a lot of FOSS work. I dont write docs for everyone most of the timr. I write docs for those already educated on most of the items. This still applies, and is accessible to anyone:

If you don’t know the word, look it up in the dictionary.

I don’t want to downplay frustrations, I know those are real, but most people writing these things aren’t paid.

Note: If a Dev complains their idea isn’t adopted and the docs suck, that’s another story.

Edit: And the article seems to be by a career writer, so it makes sense from their perspective, but some more expansive thinking on their part about how a developer isn’t staffed to do their job, too, would be helpful.

Yea, this would be super slow.

This is basically how the persona AIs work. Some of them are focused on an individual, others are trained on a group of individuals.

Linode has good, cheap VMs, and are a better deal than the AWSs of the world.

Also, when you set up Nextcloud, also set up something like samba-domain with LDAP for users. That way you have central user management as you add new services.

Hmm, can you get stats on your own music or podcast in the admin pages?

I made an 8 outlet box with relays connected to each outlet (might post a how to). That’s connected to a Pi via GPIO.

The Pi runs PiKVM, but also has a service that:

• Checks if the router can be pinged
• Checks if the internet can be pinged
• Checks if the router webUI is up

If any of those fail, it toggles the plugs for modem and router.

I run OpnSense on a 5V miniPC. I have a second one and will be setting up CARP, too.

Note: Cellular backup is more involved, but a separate Cellular inbound might not be. I’ve considered putting one on the Pi above.

Seems @Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de has tried this at some point, but maybe repeat rhe test in 2025?

• Upload a private/unlisted video to YT
• Watch once all the way through on YT
• Confirm count went up within 24 he’s
• Watch on another platform
• Rinse, repeat.

I’m also curious if yt-dlp has an impact.

Yea, running from repo there are updates, but yea, sad it has stagnated for releases. It’s why I’m starting to look at Lawnchair again.