I did both 🙏
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I started my self hosting journey a bit over a year ago. Now I host and maintain multiple services for me and my family. 1000% absolutely could not have set it all up without ChatGPT. Just no way.
Thing is, I’m not a computer beginner. I’d confidently say I’m a moderately advanced computer user with a decent understanding of Linux/BSD and POSIX shell. I used ChatGPT to learn how to set things up gradually. Yes, things did break a couple of times and I spent a few late nights fixing them, but I never ran commands that I knew were irreversible until I fully understood what they did. This cautiousness comes with experience.
So, unlike many, I do encourage the use of ChatGPT for assisting with computer related projects, just know your abilities and don’t trust the robot unconditionally.
3·12 days agoXMPP FTW
I’m self hosting my own xmpp server. Feels good.
The UK is really battling to knock the US of the top of the fuckedest country list ain’t it
Proton has become a problem for privacy
My recent post on Mastodon:
1·2 months agoKinda useless without a wrist strap honestly, but I get that it’s a prototype
6·2 months agoSame bro, just became a supporter myself. Worth every dollar!
1·3 months agoHonestly, and without any judgement whatsoever, you should talk to a professional about your relationship with your father. Your relationship with your father will have a significant influence on your current and future relationships with male partners.
This is probably a question for the Graphene forums
2·3 months agoI wonder if Grayjay would work on Android TV…
It’s also on Flathub
Lick it
1·3 months agoYeah Android. Desktop client (Linux flatpak) was working late into the night too. I haven’t checked again today though… will test when I get home from work
Grayjay still works
7·3 months agoAnother weird distraction from the Epstein files
AUSSIE: Totally agree. America is fucked and I’m sick of hearing about it. I’m an old millennial, so I grew up in throughout the 90’s when America was at its peak. It’s a real shame it’s turned to shit
Totally agree. The docs don’t talk back and can’t clarify specifics or uncertainty. I always read the docs first (probably should have noted that in my first comment), but often I’d have specific questions or concerns regarding unintended affects on other services on my sever etc.
I’d never JUST run with AI to set something up. But it’s like having someone sit with you who knows what they’re doing, but dont know anything about your existing setup. So asking questions while also explaining my current setup, and pasting in and errors or warnings, is what made it useful for me.
I know some people think you should just learn from docs alone. That’s fine. My anecdotal comment was only highlighting how I was finally able to do something outside my knowledge and skillset because I had specific contextual help from AI.