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Self-hosting services has been a life-changer. And I thank this community for helping me a lot recently. Not only did I learn a lot more about linux, network and docker, but it helped me understand better how platforms and advertising just f*cked up the internet I grew up with.

But I wonder: do any of you hate how self-hosting services like photo- or document-management systems, or even a simple rss tool, forces you to sort your stuff out, and put your decades old files in order?!

I'm in the process of migrating my web browser bookmarks to linkding because it's a GREAT tool. But I have like 2k websites to manualy check wether they're still there, wonder at how cool they still are, tag properly and archive with SingleFile!

And that's just ONE service...

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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Just 2k in bookmarks? Pffft! Those are rookie numbers. Check back when you have 59k bookmarks. Currently there are 1.1k in the broken links category. The vast majority of the links are topics I research or have interest in, exterior of self-hosting. I do not consume TV data, but I do a ton of reading. I find that reading gives me better retention of the topic, and it's rather easy to highlight & search for cross comparisons, and further research. Ever since I was a wee lad, barely able to read, I have had an insatiable lust for knowing. It is this that drives the link counts. LOL

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is so foreign to me. I never bookmark anything ever. I leave a few tabs open until I complete that task, read that article or decide I don't care anymore.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I digitally collect odd things, selfhosted in several apps depending on if it's for 'read later and decide' or preserve.. For one, I like the etymology of words or phrases and how they've evolved in meaning, and in some instances bastardized the meaning. For another, I collect political cartoons from any country. I am fascinated how some of the ones I've read about, have changed some people's minds. Things I find educational. Things that are totally polar opposite me. You'd be surprised what you learn even tho you may still remain opposed. So these are a back up of a backup which gets backed up, lol, It's the source files if you will, and I archive them in another app however I still keep the source as a backstop.

I'll end with this as an example since this might be misconstrued as not about selfhosting, As a wee lad, someone donated a set of Encyclopedia Britannica to us. I read those cover to cover many times. So, with the help of self hosting and dedicated devs around the globe, thank you so very much for being so generous with your skills and time, I can continue my quest to know.

TL:DR: I'm just a weird, old man.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 2 points 10 hours ago

I'm the same! I just don't keep track of where all the useless knowledge in my head comes from.

[–] spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Manual web crawler at that point

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

LOL Never thought of it like that, but yeah.

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

When I need something I'll ask you instead of google

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] diegantobass@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

That's the neat part...