Being the app data privacy freak that I’ve become, I thought I’d dive briefly into why I’m self-hosting, and what I’m self-hosting. I started off with TinyTinyRSS, the first app I hosted myself, in about 2010 because I didn’t really want to use someone else’s server (the Dev’s), and I had just started my journey into renting servers. The term “cloud” was still trying to work its way into everyday language. ...
So a few months ago I saws this cool little thingy to sync your shell history across all your machines. It’s called Atuin. At first, I was like, “Oh, that’s cool. I’ll check it out.” And then I didn’t. Forgotten, sequestered in the realm of cool-shit-I-saw-once-and-promptly-forgot-about. Then it popped up on Hacker News and I remembered it and was like, “Oh yeah! I should try that again.” And then I didn’t. ...
I’ve done it. I’ve canceled my last server from Hetzner and moved to Netcup. The ole H sent out an email saying they’re raising prices on auction servers due to increased energy prices in Germany. So I was looking at an increase of almost 3 Euro. I mean it’s not a lot of money, but still. I’m sort of sad, I’ve had a server with Hetzner for over a year and a half and never had a single issue. I asked the guys over at Hostballs and got all positive feedback about Netcup, so hopefully I won’t have any regrets! ...
Back to the slog. Fortunately I got the first round of unemployment pay, so that’s fantastic. I spent a few dollars. Yes, on video game shit. I got a video card, a RasPi 4, and any day now I should get the RetroMimi handheld. Yeah boi! Guess I’m getting back into gaming now.