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I'm an English teacher who wanted to "cut the cord" wherever I could, so I started learning about domain hosts, containerization, .yaml files, etc.

Since then, I've been hosting several pods for file sharing and streaming for many years, and I'm currently thinking about learning kubernetes for home deployment. But why?

If you aren't in development, IT, cyber security, or in a related profession, what made you want to learn this on your own? What made you want to pick this up as a hobby?

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

By diploma, I am a musician. By job, i am a simple electronics production worker.

I got into self-hosting after buying a TV and a car. I really didn't want to connect TV to the internet, so I decided to use a N100 based miniPC. And I live in a place where car thefts are very common, so I been searching a tool to self-host GPS tracker so I don't have to pay monthly fee to some Chinese company to know where my car is. That is how I got into self-hosting Traccar. And then Pandora's box was open.

[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Android phone and Own tracks.

[–] muxika@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Ooh, that is very cool! Do you think an rPi Zero could run Traccar? Mine is just collecting dust after I pulled it off my network because it couldn't handle pihole traffic.

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

With a zero specifically I think you'd need extra bits to get it on a network, but Traccar itself is pretty lightweight.