This is great news. Algorithm optimized social networks are poison to society.

Supporting both is in order. As one is pointless without the other

I write down everything I built so for plus future plans in OneNote. This kind of defeats the purpose of self hosting but I want to keep a written copy complete off site in case if a complete loss. Plus I like OneNote. It’s actually a well designed product. Scripts, docker compose files and such are in GitHub.

That really depends on how you treat the media you download. Is it just a temp buffer that you delete after watching or is it a collection you grow and curate over time.

Wow that’s a great idea

For app data, Borg as backup/restore software. Backup data is then stored on Hetzner as an offsite backup - super easy and cheap to setup. Also add healthchecks.io to get notified if a backup failed.

Edit: Backup docker compose files and other scripts (without API keys!!!) with git to GitHub.

It’s literally takes 2 clicks to tunnel via a VPN

It feels like it is possible to have a conversation here. In Reddit I felt like my comments were getting buried

OP is correct. We have very little to to gain and everything to lose.