I'm with OP on this one. I enjoy reading quality content, not just the act of reading. I think the idea is that by using an LLM to help sort through the drivel you have more time to do the reading of the quality content.
And really, I'm always suspicious of the why when an algorithm suggests me an article... Having something less tied directly to a companies bottom line might help me trust the content more.
Hahaha. I see you're being down arrowed a bit... But I was thinking the same thing.
Reason I was thinking nixos was because op was talking about " flipping switches" they couldn't flip back. Nixos has that sorted out.
Plus... It sounds like op isn't afraid of trying new and possibly difficult things on a new server they've acquired
The truth is that proxmox is likely the best option here. But nixos could be a fun ( type2 fun) challenge if they're into that kind of thing
To add to the idea of using tailscale. I've been using tsdproxy for a while now and it's outrageously easy to set up.
The reason I've gone this route is that I feel like it gives me a bit more control over who is in my network and what they can get to.
Each service gets a funny name address and I get to share that specific service with other people who also have tailscale. Then if they get on my nerves or something, I can stop sharing that specific service and they can figure it out on their own.
I use the notes sections in proxmox preeettty heavily. Lots of links to the helper scripts, youtube videos and other resources i used to get er' goin'.
In the near future I'm really hoping I can set up Netbox to help me document the network and equipment I'm putting in my homelab. a nice thing is that I went through a divorce a while ago and I'm getting to start from scratch. You'd be surprised at just how much you've learned since starting to self host and I think there's this sunk cost fallacy that gets a lot of us to keep going with what we've got already set up because we've "already put so much work into it" and the concern of what we might lose by scrapping it and starting over.
Also, not what you asked... but if you're still relatively new with proxmox you should check out the ProxmoxVE helper scripts. Lots of good automated scripts from doing a post-install to setting up various LXC containers and VM's
Sharing a border with them might make this especially difficult. Even American culture has gotten to us North of the border... Thankfully it seems like a big part of our identity is just "we're not American" so when the nasty T word came around most people I knew were actively boycotting ( and still are) US made products. Here's hoping that if it comes down to a civil war, it's quick and painless...