atzanteol
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- Comment on C4illin/ConvertX: Self-hosted online file converter that supports 1000+ formats 8 hours 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 10 hours 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? 1 day 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? 1 day 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? 4 days 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? 1 week 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 weeks ago:
Free tier is a baiting strategy. Period.
- Comment on What is your favourite way to transfer files in your homelab? 5 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? 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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).
- Comment on Help Reviewing My Server Setup? 2 months 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 2 months ago:
Ah - I gotcha. That’s some terrible luck with drives.
- Comment on What do people use for a shelf-stable backup 2 months 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 3 months ago:
I haven’t looked much but I’m assuming there is an IPFS integration?
- Comment on Should i selfhost? 3 months ago:
syncthing
syncthing. is not. backups. Look into proper backups or be willing to lose data.