seriously though, i started with just a simple file sync server. now i’ve got a full homelab rack, custom dashboards, and i’m debating if i need to build my own datacenter in the backyard. someone tell me i’m not alone in this beautiful, expensive madness.

  • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 hours ago

    WAF has consistently held me down to earth. “What will that enable you to acheive that you can’t do already?” With a couple mini pcs and a rpi I’m good. I’d love shiny things, but beyond LLMs there’s not much it would enable me to achieve that I can’t already.

    That, and other hobbies. I don’t want to be an amateur system admin during the summer. So all winter long, while I’m tinkering, I’m adding up how much it adds to my maintenance schedule.

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    6 hours ago

    I started running everything I could, but found the upkeep a pain. Didnt use most of it.

    So I now only keep hosted stuff I use, if I don’t access it once it’s running then it goes in the bin.

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    9 hours ago

    I mean, at one time I went a bit overboard, but now, not so much, With newer technology happening, you don’t really need a lot to accomplish a lot.