mtset

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FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] mtset@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

Poor data management practices on the part of this admin.

Tumblr says it’s going to “fix” its “core experience” to appeal to new users in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] mtset@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

Good timing on their part; I just rejoined Tumblr in order to reconnect with some friends and this is just the push I needed to delete my account again.

I don't think "command line hard" is the worst part of self-hosting. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] mtset@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This seems unnecessarily snarky.

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I don't think "command line hard" is the worst part of self-hosting. (beehaw.org)
 

I've seen a lot of people saying things that amount to "those tech nerds need to understand that nobody wants to use the command line!", but I don't actually think that's the hardest part of self-hosting today. I mean, even with a really slick GUI like ASUSTOR NASes provide, getting a reliable, non-NATed connection, with an SSL certificate, some kind of basic DDOS protection, backups, and working outgoing email (ugh), is a huge pain in the ass.

Am I wrong? Would a Sandstorm-like GUI for deploying Docker images solve all of our problems? What can we do to reshape the network such that people can more easily run their own stuff?