Thank you! Your tech analysis mirrors much of my own and your build of matrix mirrors some proofs I’m working. It is wonderful to see what others are doing. Thank you for sharing.

I am hosting on vultr and deployed synapse, postgres, and a signal bridge on a 2 gb mem, single core VM. It is simple but effective for learning. It is about 12$ per month.

My next build will be docker based. Reverse proxies are a weakness of mine so I am trying to upskill before I make the change and advertise my setup as prod to family and friends :)

I’d prefer to run everything from my homelab, but I don’t have the infosec confidence to open my home network. The costs of cloud will never beat the salvaged comps I get at university surplus ;_;

Its been as easy as searching stuff like YAML or AWS on tracker sites. There is a surprising amount of content. I even got some cool cooking content from Master Class

Educational content. I’ll get udemy or pluralsite content if I’m studying a topic. It has helped me earn certs and stay informed on different tech.

I love them in the summer. They are refreshing.

I really like tacking a pack of la Croix (or kombutcha) to a party or BBQ. I can chug through them like beer and be a responsible human at the end of the event. That no calorie and not artificial shit is a big big plus

They have a straight forward application process every week in IRC

Ive used it and love it. I convert PDFs I read for work to ebooks and then audiobooks. Then I listen to the content at the gym and count it as work hours :)

Nothing beats a good narrator, there will always be a place for performance and folly noise. This is a useful tool for the content you have to consume

https://www.myanonamouse.net/

Best after the local library.

I’d you dont mind spending money, get a yoto. Kids LOVE them and you can make your own cards https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/make-a-card-from-your-own-recordings-and-create-playlists-21683

A yoto with headphones is cool, but kid content can be cool