atzanteol
@atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on How do you document your Homelab? 1 day ago:
I build my infrastructure with the terraform, Ansible and helm charts. The code is it’s own documentation as well as comments in that code explaining why I’ve done things if it’s not obvious.
- Comment on What are the minimum or recommended requirements for a personal home server? 2 days ago:
That very much depends on what you want it to do (what is “everything”) and how many users you have.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Maybe a limited number of skips per hour or something.
- Comment on Using DVD slot for second 3.5" drive? 1 week ago:
Image About $5USD on Amazon.
- Comment on Using DVD slot for second 3.5" drive? 1 week ago:
My only real concern with the whole thing is that there’s no rubber isolators on them which could cause issues longterm.
The number of times I’ve ran a system with a hard drive just sitting on the floor of the computer without issues…
- Comment on MicroOS: Rootless podman? 2 weeks ago:
i try to make a new non-root user, but podman just keeps complaining about privileges when i run it under that user.
If you’re asking for help about an error message, then provide the error message rather than describing it in vague terms. There are many privileges it could be complaining about.
- Comment on C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats 2 weeks ago:
I understand you make a point about gender
No, you don’t.
- Comment on Suggestion request: Self-hosted app for shared directories like google drive 2 weeks ago:
Too much what exactly? Don’t use the functionality you don’t want.
- Comment on C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats 2 weeks ago:
First - I’d like you to reconsider you use of “grandma” as a stand-in for “somebody who is technically illiterate”. Maybe ask yourself why “grandpa” is not the go-to here and whether you may be perpetuating an ugly stereotype.
Second - I actually included handbrake in my list as an easier alternative to use.
- Comment on C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I could see that.
- Comment on C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats 2 weeks ago:
I’m genuinely confused about the use cases you all seem to have. When are you sitting in a field on your phone trying desperately to convert a .avi to a .mkv?
For desktops you just need to have ffmpeg or handbrake or ImageMagick installed - there’s nothing to “maintain”. Image conversion is as simple as
convert test.jpg test.png. - Comment on C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats 2 weeks ago:
Why would anyone setup and maintain a server to do infrequent conversions of small files?
- Comment on What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge? 3 weeks ago:
Notice that it hasn’t amongst mainstream consumers.
Good. Mainstream consumers don’t understand enough about networking and computer security to be trusted to self-host anything beyond desktop applications.
- Comment on What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, this whole “Linux server” thing just isn’t going to take off.
- Comment on I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files? 3 weeks ago:
Many “self hosters” simply aren’t comfortable with the basics and expect things to be just an app you install. A simple two-tier app/db architecture is too complex for them (hence the prevalence of sqllite these days).
I’ve run nextcloud for many years and was simply surprised to hear that it’s “difficult to manage and slow”. My experience has been quite the contrary - it’s been easy to keep up to date and has never failed an upgrade or lost data. And it performs “well enough” since I don’t use low-cost hardware for servers.
My only complaint is that I need to run occ from a terminal rather than having a web interface for it. Makes running it in a k8s pod kinda annoying.
- Comment on Incremental backups to optical media: tar, dar, or something else? 4 weeks ago:
This is the sort of thing bacula was made for - physical backups spread out over multiple removable media (tapes mostly, but it can work with optical drives).
www.bacula.org/free-tape-backup-software/
It tracks where it puts your files, so it does have its own db that also needs backing up. But if you want to restore without needing to search manually through dozens of disks this is what you need.
- Comment on Help with domain 1 month ago:
SRV records won’t help with browser traffic.
- Comment on PSA: If your Jellyfin is having high memory usage, add MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_=100000 to environment 1 month ago:
It’s bad from to just say “set this variable to this value” without any explanation about what that variable does and why that value helped.
Your configuration may not work or may be detrimental for others.
- Comment on Snac: A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance 1 month ago:
memory safety isn’t impossible in C
In practice it is.
C is also faster than JavaScript, uses less memory, I wouldn’t consider a scripting language to even be a choice for writing a backend server if I can use a compiled language instead.
Neat.
- Comment on Snac: A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance 1 month ago:
C is a “memory unsafe” language. There are whole categories of security vulnerabilities that simply aren’t possible in memory-safe languages that C allows. There is no good reason to continue using C anymore for new projects if you care at all about security.
- Comment on Snac: A simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance 1 month ago:
Bonkers that anyone would start a social media app in C in 2025. “No JavaScript” but you’re just one buffer overflow from arbitrary code execution.
- Comment on Enshitification of CrowdSec 1 month ago:
Free tier is a baiting strategy. Period.
- Comment on What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab? 1 month ago:
Oh does it? I didn’t realize that. I’ve just switched over to rsync completely.
- Comment on What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab? 1 month ago:
scp is deprecated.
- Comment on How can I host a small api/database accessable from a phone app as cheap/easily as possible? 2 months ago:
Ah - I get that. You have my sympathies.
A personal project like that would be a great way to train/get experience then. But do realize that it becomes a lot more complicated once you have people other than yourself relying on your application. Suddenly up-time becomes a lot very important and up-time is hard. End-users, even friendly ones, get very frustrated when you say “try now please” a lot. They’ll just stop using it.
- Comment on How can I host a small api/database accessable from a phone app as cheap/easily as possible? 2 months ago:
HIPAA (not hippa) is not even remotely applicable.
Cheap and easy are in opposition here. Which matters more? There are symptom and medication apps already that would be easy and available right now. And you don’t need to do tech support for family.
- Comment on Help Reviewing My Server Setup? 2 months ago:
Let’s be honest - in this community NAS means “my do-everything server that may have a RAID and probably also shares storage”.
- Comment on What does the 3-2-1 rule look like for you? 2 months ago:
All my systems are backed up with “rsnapshot” to a file server. File server is backed up to backblaze with duplicacy.
- Comment on How often do you run backups on your system? 2 months ago:
I have a cron job set to run on Monday and Friday nights, is this too frequent?
Only you can answer that - what is your risk tolerance for data loss?
- Comment on Homeserver advice: i9-14900KS vs. i9-10940X 2 months ago:
You’re not going to run deepseek r1 without GPUs (plural).
