wagesj45

Well, I mean, there is a lack of privacy. That’s kind of how the platform exists architecturally. I just don’t find that to be a problem, per se. It’s a social platform, which makes sense to me for everything on the protocol to be “open” to one degree or another. Not everything has to be securitymaxxed.

You are on the right path. Most stuff people self host requires very little horsepower. Most of your CPU will be idle in the end. Things might get expensive if you want to add a lot of storage, but the good news is that can be added later as you need it. I think you’ll be surprised just how much a modern-ish laptop can host.

• 4 Dell T 7810s
• 4 hard drive cages (14 drives)
• Amcrest NVR
• TV Antenna
• 2 Ubiquiti WiFi APs
• Buttload of switches around the house
• Protectli Vault mini-pc running pfsense for my router
• ProxMox cluster with about 30 virtual machines running everything

I love the Dells I use. They’re wonderful little workhorses, and I got a pretty good deal as they used to mine chia cryptocurrency.

Not my thing, but none of my business.

It wouldn’t be such a big deal if you weren’t facing immense harassment for using these tools. I don’t blame him for saying fuck it. If the code works, and has been reviewed/modified/approved by a human, then who cares.