Comment on anyone willing to walk a noob through getting some services running?

CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The truth is self hosting also involves a lot of self learning

  I tried self-learning but I explained in the OP why that’s not working out.

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  • sysadmin420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    When you run into something vocabulary wise you don’t understand, Google is your friend just keep googling and reading to get the gist, Google any error messages too, I’m 43, I’ve been googling my whole life as a big fraud in IT, jk

    But seriously Google Google Google has all the answers and as you use it more you hone your search skills to the point where you just scroll past the crap and wham find things right away. The more you search and work with the stuff the better you’ll get way more comfortable. Maybe try and find a local friend who’s good with computers or search that can help you a bit

    I’ve helped many friends fix and troubleshoot stuff from time to time, but I’m not anyone’s full time IT, I work on retainer.

    I don’t know everything but every day I learn, even stuff I’ll never have to use again.

    I do IT consulting Reiners.io , if you want paid help no problem, but it does turn into a huge free time sink, with no reward.

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I can Google things for hours and it’s just this rabbit hole of shit I can’t make any sense of.

      It is freaking expensive and few people will want to do it for free.

      I understand that. I thought maybe there would be someone wanting to help others get started but I totally understand if they don’t, also. I just hear so many people talk about how easy it is.

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      • biddy@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If you’re confused about a specific term, ask about that specific term, and you’ll get many people eager to help. Sorry nobody wants to get on an open ended video call with a stranger to teach you how to run a server, but that’s just how these forums work. Everyone’s setup is different so there’s not much I could do to help in your video call.

        Learning this stuff is hard, don’t let anyone tell you any different. We all went through the same struggles, perhaps for some people that was so long ago that they forgot how hard it was.

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      • astraeus@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If you can’t make any sense of it, keep trying. If keep trying isn’t what you want to do, don’t do it. Really, you don’t have to force yourself into this if it’s unintelligible and frustrating. I’ve hit the wall plenty of times, and I keep hitting the wall, sometimes I wish I could just stop while I’m not stressed and going bald.

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    • Grunt4019@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And then if you can’t find help on Google or are confused with a specific problem, THEN ask your specific question here or somewhere similar.

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  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t give up! There are a wealth of basic tutorials on Youtube. You just need to find one that works for you, and work up from there.

    The problem with someone setting everything up for you is, what do you do when something goes wrong? If you don’t have an understanding of the basics, you’re back to square one of just asking someone to fix it for you. And at that point you’re not really self hosting, you’re just a residential co-lo (datacenter) for your managed service provider (whoever is helping you) that’s doing all the work!

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The problem with someone setting everything up for you is, what do you do when something goes wrong?

      I’m not asking anyone to do it for me, just to help me do it and help to understand how things work, for exactly that reason

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