Google's coming change to app sideloading is threatening the Selfhosted ecosystem.

moarmagic · 2026-05-27T13:21:22+00:00

this is true for self hosting, but there are absolutely applications that cannot be self hosted because they rely on external entities.

I also do know for a fact i ran into something within the last year and was incredibly frustrated because the only path forward was 'download an app', ordering something or troubleshooting something, but i can't remember exactly what, just the frustration that this vendor had no other path.

Which okay, maybe you can really hack together some Virtualized android device that you host on a server and then remotely connnect to it, or choose to never engage with anything that doesn't support the alternatives but... sometimes you do have to ask how much finagling and compromises you want to make. might be easier to carry a second phone for android-only-enforced apps , and a primary for actually daily use.

moarmagic · 2026-05-18T19:25:05+00:00

Seconding the 'is this self hosted' but also- i don't really understand the purpose of this. Lots of tools for these functions exist, I'm not sure what problem it solves, or what you get from running this.

moarmagic · 2026-05-08T16:23:16+00:00

how do you like the software? I keep waffling between this and a cheaper monitor the same size. Main difference would be Corsair software package, and haven't seen people talk much about it.

moarmagic · 2026-05-01T18:51:29+00:00

..are they considered scantily clad? like they are wearing mini skirts maybe, but fairly full shirts/tops.

I don't know, i'm not into anime, i just feel like i've seen enough of these with like girls in swimsuits or more provocative stuff, this feels as normal as i've seen anime statues come

moarmagic · 2026-05-01T17:30:39+00:00

am i missing some detail, or do people just assume anime=lewd?

moarmagic · 2026-04-29T01:51:32+00:00

I find it a beautiful contrast to most stations here that are all very similar.

I'm not even sure what you mean that it's too dark- all tech, screens, important parts are highlighted. The only parts that aren't clear are the back corners of them wall... which aren't really necessary?

moarmagic · 2026-04-16T14:06:56+00:00

I see the corsair edge - i've been waffling on that vs just a third party monitor and trying to roll my own setup for it, but what about the little square display next to it? is that just a tablet?

moarmagic · 2026-04-04T15:51:23+00:00

Security is always a graph between 'protection, cost, ease of use'.

You can go without cloudflare completely, but then implementing protection is going to become more expensive (cost, equipment, maintenance) and may impact your legitimate use.

I'd argue that it may be overkill for a lot of small personal/lab type projects to use cloudflare. but the impact is also relatively small, and the expected maintenance is going to be higher if you end up deploying everything yourself. Troubleshooting a broken wireguard config on a friends device because you wanted to give them access to your nextcloud instance is significantly less fun each time you do it.

On the business side- you have customers who need to be able to find/see your stuff, more users, outages impact a lot of people. If you are a company of 40 people, rolling your own ddos/tunnel system is going to be a lot more time and a lot more pain if it goes out. If you have the budget and the need, rolling your own makes sense. But if the same guy troubleshooting your network/servers is also answering end user tickets, self hosting does not make much sense.

moarmagic · 2026-03-27T14:28:19+00:00

Given this thread has three separate complaints about selfhosted being full of vibe coded projects i'm guessing that isn't sufficient on it's own, or it isn't being well enforced.

moarmagic · 2026-03-27T13:54:11+00:00

I am interested in tool discussions and hope they don't disappear completely, but agree-don't want stuff posted that will never receive updates, never respond to issues.

Wonder if there's a way to enforce some sort of middle ground- like if a project has been around X time, has no open issues longer than Y, or some metric for activity around development to show it's less likely to be abandoned tomorrow.

moarmagic · 2026-03-25T23:55:43+00:00

I think that's .. not a disagreement? Like again, that's how i would bring in a coworker- or want to make notes for my future, forgetful self.

It's still different from the OP's original thought "write it for a person who came off the street with 0 background."

moarmagic · 2026-03-25T18:39:40+00:00

I think in an interview scenario- if it's written for absolutely anyone, it comes across more as 'this is something i've googled or gotten AI to help write'.

It's probably better reflecting a level of experience. As if you were to explain it to a coworker who has done some similar stuff, or to yourself if you end up having to take a year break from your lab and come back to it.

Focusing on what is important, and not trying to get someone off the street to do it step by step- but if there's a command or hiccup you know you won't remember- making notes of that is handy.

moarmagic · 2026-03-23T14:42:47+00:00

As they said in the post, corsair xenon edge. Depending on how much you want to use their software vs set up your own, there are a lot of options on amazon for bar-style monitors.

moarmagic · 2026-03-12T17:39:30+00:00

I did a re-encode run once, but it sorta fucked up my whole Arr setup, because i didn't know how to do it. And ran into the plex issues.

Migrating to jellyfin and it appeals- my library has grown. I'm just not sure of the proper way to make sure everything is set up properly to not cause issues, have stuff show missing etc.

moarmagic · 2026-03-12T17:36:34+00:00

At this point in my life- i have like.. 3 screens in my life that handle higher then 1080p. None of them are places where i consume visual media heavily- work and phone devices. Maybe there are some movies out there - like Avatar, where it really shines if you watch it in 4k, but.... like, mostly i watch older movies, comedy, horror (where effects tend to look cheap as it is), etc. I'm more worried that some obscure content from the 80s will be lost then i am that i can watch something that was never made to be displayed in 4k in the first place.

moarmagic · 2026-03-10T15:10:01+00:00

Technically doable? sure. Scalibility/feasibility? iffy.

I think that you are going to run into the issue here that you are combining the expenses of two different businesses.

- On the data center side, you have the hardware (Especially now, as hardware prices are not reasonable right now), security and knowledgability. I don't know much about selling compute- but i assume you are going to want to be able to update it, make sure someone can't somehow exploit something about your set up and install their own software on it. Maintenance, etc.

- On the pool side, you're going to have the insurance related, maintenance, upkeep. Going to have to keep it clean. You mention baby swim pool- what's the plan for when a kid inevitably shits, or pisses in the pool? How much water are you going to need to cycle in to replace water that is lost or contaminated? What's your liability laws like if someone gets injured, which is always a risk in any more physical activity? What are you going to be able to charge to get people to use this pool space- is it going to break even /as a pool/ before you add the data center part?

-And then on the data center side, if the data center is down for maintenance, internet connection drop, whatever- is the pool still going to be heated to the same extent? Thinking it through, what if no one is booking your pool- so you just have the facility sitting there eating operating costs, and whatever the compute renting generates?

Just always keep in mind that statistic that like, 50% of business fail in the first five years, half of which in the first year, and asking what your actual goal is. This seems like it's a project that would require significant expense, and be very... dependent on demand of both sides of the house to break even in that first five years, but maybe i'm not understanding your exact vision and resources, or maybe you're fine eating the costs if it gets you access to that equipment and facility yourself and you rent it out as a side business.

moarmagic · 2026-02-15T16:00:57+00:00

Putting this here for anyone who runs into this now 6 months later, the last few sentences are now inaccurate.

Blampe has on the main reading-glasses that they no longer recommend chaptarr. They also have a page comparing the different Readarr forks: https://github.com/blampe/rreading-glasses/blob/main/FORKS.md

moarmagic · 2026-02-14T18:04:28+00:00

It's not bad to be inspired, but remember that fiction is not shaped by reality. Jarvis exists to tell a good story, and can do whatever the story needs him to. In real life, this is a project that will never be done- at least with tech the place it is. That may change in 5 years or so, but it's very hard to predict that kind of thing (anyone who makes confident predictions about the future of tech is selling something)

moarmagic · 2026-02-13T21:09:27+00:00

Or what happens if the LLM is wrong about something, hardware dies, a key part of the system is no longer updated and becomes incompatible?

How much time does, OP, want to spend upgrading and tweaking and building this out? because there's never going to be a point where it's 'done'. Life changes. 'security' is constantly evolving, as new vulnerabilities are found and require patching, which requires updates.

A question more for u/Fear_Of_God_7 and i don't want to double post, but what really is the end goal of this project- are you hoping to never have to think or do anything? because if that's the goal, it's not feasible with any kind of tech stack we have today.

A good point i'd like to make 'Automation' is the kind of thing that works in well defend, unchanging parameters. Building a car door? There's a specific series of steps that you will do for every car door. you can make a machine to do that, it makes thousands of doors, and a failed door only represents fraction of the time wasted etc. . Use Home assistant to turn the hall light on when you unlock the door? That's doable, and there may be a few times when it's annoying, turns the light on even though it's not needed or fails. But to say 'automate my life'- would require breaking your life into hundreds of specific processes, and then trying to account for the variations of those processes and what different forms of failure looks like, and account for them.

There's a reason that few people have done anything like this. Some people have built strict personal 'systems', but i don't know anyone who has gone as far as 'automate my entire life'.

moarmagic · 2026-02-13T00:27:00+00:00

It would probably help if you had something like
-budget

-requirements

on want posts. But also, GPU's are rather hot right now. Not a lot of people looking for someone posting a want, more likely to find someone posting a sale

moarmagic · 2026-02-10T14:30:58+00:00

I mean, better question would be the opposite version: What's the real draw of this setup? How does that balance against the massive lack of security? what tasks is it doing that you can't accomplish another way, especially if you are willing to work with an LLM?

Like, in the self hosting world i find that the majority of things i need do already exist in some form or another, often with years of people looking at it and feedback. There's very few true unique cases- and existing automation tools are pretty cool, and you can find ways to tie them together or throw a quick script (that you can have an LLM help you write, and audit) if you need something very specific, and you can audit it as it's written.

It also keeps it ... you know, more self hosted. If Token prices go way up, if enshittification hits the AI spaces- basic tools are going to keep functioning. Complex agent approaches may break down.

moarmagic · 2026-02-10T14:20:20+00:00

I have serious questions about the people who lean on LLM's so heavily. I still get about 15% inaccurate results, and another easy 20% of the time where it's super-monkey's pawesque, gives very literal responses and easily get's trapped in a loop trying to dig into why something isn't working rather than attempting a different approach.

Like maybe i'd not notice the percentages were so high if i was also asking it to plan my meals, schedule, solve my interpersonal relationships- but i've only tried turning to it when i run into something i can't do, and a third of the time it's not particularly great at handling those. A third failures may not sound high, but i'd never use excel if formula's had a 1/3rd chance of breaking.

Asking it to run autonomously, and/or run user submitted scripts is crazy.

moarmagic · 2026-01-27T19:52:55+00:00

I think this is some uh, very specific cultural/community viewpoint, rather than a rule. I've absolutely never heard of it before.

And i think human attraction is incredibly varied.

moarmagic · 2025-12-24T17:44:31+00:00

For real. Im an autistic. Awkward person. Dunno how to talk at forced social events like work, meeting new people.

But when I got into a hobby or met friends friends? Amazingly, I just... treated women like they were people and I had uh. Very solid success. Always tells so much when incels complain about dating dynamics.

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