If you appreciate OpenStreetMaps then check out StreetComplete. Its "like" Pokemon Go but for improving maps.
Funny. I just uninstalled Google Messages a few days ago in favor of QUIK SMS. I miss nothing.
Home Assistant is a great alternative. It gets better and better as all Google and Alexa get worse and worse.
For image hosting I would look at Immich. It aims to be a full Google Photos replacement. It isn't quite there yet, but it is quite featureful and rapidly improving.
100%, nerding is hot. That look of excitement and focus does a whole lot.
Kubernetes is great if you run lots of services and/or already use kubernetes at work. I use it all the time and I've learned a lot on my personal cluster that I've taken to work to improve their systems. If you're used to managing infra already then it's not that much more work, and it's great to be able to shutdown a server for maintenance and not have to worry about more than a brief blip on your home services.
And let's not forget his marvelous performance as the unhinged detective in Leon/The Professional. Chef's kiss
Embrace it. Think of awkwardness as your charm and eventually others will too.
A 6 node k3s cluster with a Synology for network storage running:
Managed with FluxCD.
I just finished this guy up. He's mostly wearing contrast paints. His cloak is Baal Red Contrast followed by a wash of 1:1 Blood Angels Contrast and Contrast medium. I can't wait to get him on the table!
Yeah, the protocol is called ForgeFed and from what I recall it will be added to Forgejo, then ported upstream to Gitea. Supposedly GitLab has commented on adopting it in the future as well.
It's not my finest work, but I'm just getting back into the hobby after taking a 4 year hiatus. I'm pretty stoked to just finish some models again.
It's disappointing that this is the highest voted comment on a thread in the selfhosted topic...
More of this please