atzanteol
@atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Help with domain 1 week 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 week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 3 weeks ago:
Free tier is a baiting strategy. Period.
- Comment on What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab? 3 weeks 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? 3 weeks ago:
scp is deprecated.
- Comment on How can I host a small api/database accessable from a phone app as cheap/easily as possible? 4 weeks 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? 4 weeks 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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 1 month ago:
You’re not going to run deepseek r1 without GPUs (plural).
- Comment on Help Reviewing My Server Setup? 1 month ago:
I’m also considering UnRaid instead of Proxmox for a NAS OS.
NAS just has no meaning anymore?
- Comment on What do people use for a shelf-stable backup 1 month ago:
Ah - I gotcha. That’s some terrible luck with drives.
- Comment on What do people use for a shelf-stable backup 1 month ago:
This is why I do my first-level of backups with
rsnapshot. It backs up to the plain filesystem using rsync and uses hard-links to de-dup between backups. No special filesystem, no encryption, restore is just an ‘rsync’ away. - Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 2 months ago:
“Wankpanzer” is the one I’ve been going with.
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 2 months ago:
Is it? I guess I don’t know the difference… I installed mine myself but my system is also dead simple - only 2 wires. My first thermostat was just a bi-metallic strip. 😀
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 2 months ago:
I believe so, my system is baseboard so I didn’t use a fan. There is a fan control option on the device. The instructions say it can do auto, on, of, circ.
digitalassets.resideo.com/…/33-00181EFS.pdf
More details here:
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 2 months ago:
I’ve got a couple Honeywell T6 z-wave thermostats that work great and didn’t cost a lot. I control them through home assistant with some custom code to set them on a schedule, but they can also still be operated manually if needed.
- Comment on What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? 2 months ago:
I’d highly recommend not doing that. A smart thermostat is much easier and going to be a lot more reliable. And it won’t stop working if your server goes down.
- Comment on Plebbit is a peer-to-peer Reddit alternative that allows you to self host and own your own community 2 months ago:
I haven’t looked much but I’m assuming there is an IPFS integration?
- Comment on Should i selfhost? 2 months ago:
syncthing
syncthing. is not. backups. Look into proper backups or be willing to lose data.
- Comment on Should i selfhost? 3 months ago:
i feel uncomfortable with entrusting my data to them, as i am constantly worried i will break something and corrupt the data
Backups. If you’re not willing to setup and test proper backups then no - you should not self-host.
- Comment on How to convince my uni / dept. to switch to Mastodon? 4 months ago:
Install is the easy part. Nobody ever thinks about maintenance.
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 4 months ago:
I had the same thought - an entire 8U rack to hold a single raspberry pi with an external drive?
- Comment on Feedback about our name: someone's concerns on sharing 5 months ago:
If someone’s feelings are hurt by a silly url, it’s me that should grow up?
Yes. It’s you who should realize that other people’s perspectives, thoughts, opinions, etc. matter. It’s something one typically learns as they grow into adulthood.
- Comment on Feedback about our name: someone's concerns on sharing 5 months ago:
“when you grow up” is what people say when their skin starts to grow over the mask they wear.
#7thgradedeep
- Comment on Feedback about our name: someone's concerns on sharing 5 months ago:
When you grow up you’ll realize that sometimes you need to consider the attitudes and feelings of others rather than just “fuck 'em”.