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How do you document your setup? (piefed.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by BruisedMoose@piefed.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Like soup-to-nuts. I know I need to document what I'm doing and I've started several times, but then I never go back and make updates. I don't know if it's just the ADHD or if I'm just going about it or thinking about it in the wrong way.

So I'm curious about:

  • what you use for your documentation
  • how you organize it
  • what information you include
  • how you work documentation into your changes/tinkering flow

Edit: Dang, folks! You all have given me a lot to read through, think about, and explore. Thank you!

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[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 140 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's the neat part, I don't.

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 45 points 2 months ago (4 children)

"I don't need to, I have it stored all in my head."

Famous last words.

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

It's not like anyone needs to support it when I'm gone.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

"I can remember that" is my cue to write it down, because I won't.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's the devil talking Bobby Boucher.

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Documentation is for onboarding other people. Why on earth would I need to onboard other people to something self-hosted?

[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Sometimes future me has the memory of a goldfish, and I fear that, for future me, the online sources that guided me before won't be there for me anymore

[–] Buck@jlai.lu 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The theory is I use Docmost. The reality is I don’t, and I hope my backups are solid.

[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I have an obsidian document where I write changes I want to do in the future that I never look at; does that count?

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I just found my todo list and half of it is irrelevant and half of it is done.

I even had a work todo list for my old job lol.

[–] Buck@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago

Ouh! I have a checklist of things I need to add/update too, that I never check. Maybe we could mutualize! ;)