Incessant tinkerer since the 70’s. Staunch privacy advocate. SelfHoster. Musician of mediocre talent. https://soundcloud.com/hood-poet-608190196

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  • Yes, but they should warn before shutting down,

    IDK, if I were running the show, I’d probably have done the same thing especially when it started to involve other servers. I would assume that there would be some legal ramifications should it have just been ignored. It would have been good to observe to see if I could come up with who the puppeteer was, but I was super green then and probably wouldn’t have known where to start as far as forensics. I mean, if you get hacked, the knee jerk reaction is to pull the plug, but it would be more productive to do some forensics before killing the server.





  • Only do work on work devices.

    Flashback to when I worked as a Mech Eng, I also ‘ran’ (term used loosely) the IT dept as well. Small fledgling company and I had the most experience. We would issue our service techs a laptop and a camera (back before phone cameras were popular) to use in the field to document. I’ve had to have a few conversations with individuals about non-work content on work computers. Some conversations were awkward as it dealt with porn. I’m not a prude, but I care none about your sexual proclivities. I had mentioned this to one of the principals who had told me to just issue the laptops without any lock features, but he later rescinded that and allowed me to lock down everything.

    But yeah, non-work on work devices is a foul.







  • I have to stop working on it for a while when I get stuck.

    I feel you there bro. Sometimes, when I’m creating a piece of music, I get to a point where, I’m just not making any progress, I’ll step of for a piece, let it simmer for a bit. Same with servers in general for me. It’s the reason I have a test server and have, in the past, leaned a bit heavily on a few backups. LOL! I can screw something up quick when I’m frustrated. The reward for me is learning something new. It’s a rewarding and useful hobby for me. among others.


  • Just 15 containers? lol

    do you get lab burnout

    Not really. I have everything set the way I want it and it’s stable. On occasion, I’ll see a container that catches my fancy, so I’ll spin it up on a test server, dick around with it, and monitor it before I ever decide to put it on my production server. On occasion I’ll have to fix, or adjust something. Most of the time I’m just enjoying it. I wouldn’t say I was running anything super complex tho.

    As far as time, I’ve got you beat there most likely. Used to be lickity-split, but then you get old, things slow down. LOL Also, there is only one user…me. I realize you have family, but my hard and fast rule is: Multiple users cause issues, so I don’t share. I’d say, go spend your time with the family. That’s the most important.

    I’m with you on the incomplete guides. There always seem to be that one ‘secret’ ingredient’ that just didn’t get documented. And to the devs of the opensource software, me love you long time, but please include a screenshot.


  • I do use NodeJS, but not NextJS

    Shit! I posted the wrong link. I was searching for what @poVoq@slrpnk.net @slrpnk.net was talking about. Now I don’t want to go search again . Me skuzi

    The very first Linux server I ever stood up got whacked. I got a nastygram from my host that he had shut it down because of malicious activity against other servers. So, from their standpoint, I can understand why. I mean it sucks that you have downtime, but downtime happens to even the big guys. Hope you get it sorted.