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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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[–] btsax@reddthat.com 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Engineer here, but my technical expertise is about as far away from computing and technology as you can get and still be an engineer.

I was a kid in the 90s and the first album I bought was Metallica's black album. I spent over $18 in like 1999 so with inflation that's like $300 or something now. Then the drummer of what was then my favorite band says hey, if you're downloading our music on Napster, then we don't want you as a fan. That hit teenage me pretty hard and basically radicalized me to find "alternative methods" for every piece of digital media I could, if that's how the people I looked up to were going to treat me for not having as much money as them. Everything I host now started at that inflection point, from picking up Linux as a hobby to learning about networking and security. Turned out to be a pretty good path to follow though seeing how Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify et. al. turned out in the end.

I still download and share all of Metallica's discography out of spite, but haven't listened to them since.

[–] Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

I love your origin story so much

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

Engineer here

What division? Curious. I'm a mech eng specializing in HVAC. I didn't get to attain my own PE stamp....life happened.

[–] btsax@reddthat.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I do civil engineering work, mostly related to soils etc. I have a computer for work but that's about as far as it gets for me professionally.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Awesome!