I’m an English teacher who wanted to “cut the cord” wherever I could, so I started learning about domain hosts, containerization, .yaml files, etc.

Since then, I’ve been hosting several pods for file sharing and streaming for many years, and I’m currently thinking about learning kubernetes for home deployment. But why?

If you aren’t in development, IT, cyber security, or in a related profession, what made you want to learn this on your own? What made you want to pick this up as a hobby?

  • lietuva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    The question is not why to start, but when do you stop, lol

    I’m working in pharmaceutical production industry and I have started selfhosting few months ago.

    I wanted to replace google photos with immich, cause my photo collection approached 200gb and I didn’t want to upgrade to 2tb version. My gf also had same problem

    Bought second hand mini pc for 100€ to test to see how it goes and if I had decided to go back, i would have sold it.

    Initially I was following FUTO guide, but quickly noticed it was too extensive and complex for my setup. I managed to set up immich with reverse proxy, did few mistakes here and there, but when it finally worked, I got hooked. I now have:

    • local backups to external drive (borg-web-ui docker)
    • ntfy. To send noticiation to my phone after backup had finished
    • diun. To notify when docker update is available
    • dockgee. docker management
    • tailscale. Remote access

    All of it comes gradually, I’m tinkering with home assistant vm now.