Selfhosted

Servers are going to be the last thing I think about. I'll be busy trying to survive and help my loved ones. I suggest reevaluating your priorities immediately.

I have a UPS that allows the server to survive an apocalypse of 15 minutes or less.

I'm planning on running towards the bright flash and hoping I end up part of the first wave of mass casualties....

Step 1. Get a lot of money

Step 2. Ignore the laws and get myself a super comfy RTG-powered hidden bunker with a Faraday cage

Step 3. Put my servers in there, take drives full of everything from the outside

Step 4. Live comfortably ever after

I'll go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for it all to blow over.

There's a street not too far from me. This street has, I shit you not, at least thirteen baptist churches. I think I'd go burn them all down. No particular reason.

More seriously though I have Meshtastic. I can just ask the public channel for anything I need

What's your contingency plan for the apocalypse?

I will be one of the first to die. thought about moving, but honestly I would rather die than ~~survive~~ exist on this shithole after a nuclear war.

"Today, the Apocalypse happened. All that we love and hold dear came to an end. Blood in the streets worldwide, panic, hunger, devastation reigns supreme."

"What about my database server? Is it still up?"

Die

I would immediately try to set up mutual aid and start building small local communities. If there ever is a chance for true anarchism to take root, it's during a period where people will value mutual aid more than anything. This doesn't just include necessities like food and water but also entertainment.

Dude, my computer operating is literally the least of my worries.

I'll probably die like everyone else, and if it's not immediate, will shortly follow as a post-apocalyptic world is certainly not one I want to be alive in.

Kinda just planning on dying in a ditch...

If power is down for good, then getting water is the main priority. If the pumpa don't run the water tower is losing pressure fast. I have 40 litres jugged up in the basement at all times for the first few days.

When that dries out my neighbour has a well that we've hooked up to five properties. Mostly for gardening, but it is potable. The pump needs power, though, so I'd pull an extension cord over to my caravan.

My caravan has 400W of solar, 300Ah LiFePO4 and a 1.5kW inverter. Also a meshtastic node with an antenna on the roof. That'll keep the food cold, and laptops charged. It can run a microwave or hotplate, too. I've got 20kg of propane if I need to conserve power.

I got a generator, a rifle and a lawn chair.

I actually wrote a blog about this a few months back. It was after a 12 day war (Israel+USA attacking Iran) and 40 day internet blackout, and then we got into another war (Israel+USA attacking Iran) and a 90-100 day(lost track) internet blackout.

It isn't exactly "how to survive the apocalypse" guide but it was a really helpful guide for myself and my friends and helped me keep working in those blackout days.

It's isn't focused on hardware, just software, since I'm a software engineer.

https://alavi.me/blog/we-need-apocalypse-proof-software/

At some point, you gotta just accept that things are gone and start hunting for the next radroach to eat. I guess the corpo speak for this is acceptable losses and/or risk management.

In the most extreme cases, the final backup of my most important files are on my phone. With all the compromises we're forced to make there, I still refuse to buy one without an SD card slot, so I have swappable 1TB with me at all times. Importantly, it's also not the Source of Truth, so if it's lost I'm still recoverable, but if it's the last piece of electronics above sea level at least I still have that.

But for power management, I just have some UPSes that sustain a graceful shutdown and that's about it. If I'm on the lam, I would rather the 20TB of manga and anarchist zines be destroyed (read: crypto keys lost) than try to figure out how to carry it with me. Maybe the offsite backup strategy will finally get tested once I've established an alternate identity.

As someone who lives within the nuclear blast radius of a military complex, I just hope it will be quick.

I have a drawer full of old cables.
Scsi, printers, scart, modem, I'm set!

Abut 35+ years ago, I stuck a finger up and didn't like the way the wind was blowing. I decided to do something about it. While I am a prepper, I do not prep for EOTW scenarios. If we start dropping nukes, point me towards the blast cloud and let this universe recycle the energy it takes to keep this meat bag alive, into something else.

I do, however, prep for inclement weather, shortages, civil unrest, pandemics, etc. I have solar and whole house generators. I grow my own food, raise my own livestock, can and freeze my vegetables, meats, and such. During the pandemic, I rarely ventured off the compound as there was no real need to. I've long since turned my dining room into a pantry and it is well stocked and rotated. I stock medicinal supplies, things that would be needed in a disaster scenario, not gadetry. I have taught myself the skill of making very good alcohol, which can be used medicinally, and for barter. I stock a lot of staples, things that can be turned into multiple meals; flours, sugar, corn meal, etc.

I would say that my servers would be a minor issue or concern in a disaster scenario. I would most likely depend on Ham radio and CB communications, vs the internet. We would be back to living like say mine, or your, grandparents did. Very lean and close to the bone, relying on what we could scratch together to survive, such as Victory Gardens, etc.

We live in a world of convenience, and while that's great and all, we get used to the notion that we will always be able to go to the grocery to pick up food supplies, and that is a false comfort. For anyone interested, I'd start with extending your pantry. Make wise purchases. Don't fall for all the gizmos and gadgetry surrounding prepping. They'll sell you a sack full of crap you'll probably never use, or be useless when the time comes.

work with my community to build a better world from the ashes

Kill a relative or two as a final favour. Check if the wife still wants to live, check if I can be bothered to carry on. If so I’d either head into the mountains or down to the coast (get a boat) and try and get away from population centres for a year.

Edit: Sorry, just seen “selfhosted”. I’ve got about a terabyte of stuff on sd cards - super packable. Those, a handset, a wind-up radio and solar phone charger.