Thank you for your comment; I really appreciate it.

I’ve only just started working on this, but I’d like to get some feedback from the community so that it can be as community-driven as possible. As for staffing, it’s possible that I might need to hire a few developers to help me out.

Regarding AI, in the first phase of the project, I’ll likely rely heavily on AI for the artistic aspects (e.g., icons, background), but I prefer local models over hosted ones for the same reason you mentioned. For the code, I’ve been a developer for years before AI even existed, so I use it as a companion to speed up my work on the smaller tasks.

Finally, regarding community voting, votes will obviously be weighted, and in any case, voters must provide a valid reason to vote, so I expect to filter out trolls and the like right from the start. We’ll definitely have to see how things play out based on what develops.

You should probably look at this from a few different angles. Is the n8n instance internet-facing? And is it actually reading the email content? If so, it might be vulnerable to various attacks. Can a user manipulate the input in any way?

I’d have to disagree; Proxmox is definitely the sweet spot for a self-hosting setup.

I’d definitely go with Renovate + ArgoCD, or any other GitOps-based tooling.