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If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by muxika@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] muxika@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

...get back ownership of my materials...

Yes, that was a red flag for me. Ever have your materials "removed?" I once lost a few Kindle books because Amazon pulled them off the shelves. After that, I learned how to strip DRM off the books and save them offline.

Ditto about the notes. Are you using any specific apps to edit them? I'm just using nvim with markdown plugins.

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

That's one of the other big issues. I have the same worries about how digital-only gaming has become. My kids seem to prefer digital downloads and really don't believe me when I warn them that they have absolutely no control over what they "buy". But they look at me like one of those crazy old-timers who just doesn't understand the modern world.

I started with Logseq and then quickly moved to Obsidian (which I think is great). Over the last couple of months I've started using Emacs with Org (partly for the challenge and partly because it seems to be able to do pretty much everything).