I am thinking of making a dedicated server box for your home that runs self-hosted apps.
Wait, you say... isn't that just a computer running Ubuntu? Yes, but hear me out --
The idea would be to have a physical box (that you can see & trust) in your living room.
Installing a self-hosted app (such as Peertube, Mastodon, email, etc.) takes one click.
All the Docker stuff will happen automatically. DNS/domain configuration will happen automatically.
And suddenly you have your own little self-hosted universe without trusting any external EC2/GCP/etc.
(There are some constraints on traffic; if you host a popular PeerTube your ISP might get a bit sad.
That can be resolved later.)
All of this is possible & relatively easy to do now. It's just schleppy. And it breaks a lot.
If I made something that "just worked", would you buy it? Any feature suggestions, or things to consider?
I am thinking of making a dedicated server box for your home that runs self-hosted apps. Wait, you say... isn't that just a computer running Ubuntu? Yes, but hear me out --
The idea would be to have a physical box (that you can see & trust) in your living room. Installing a self-hosted app (such as Peertube, Mastodon, email, etc.) takes one click. All the Docker stuff will happen automatically. DNS/domain configuration will happen automatically. And suddenly you have your own little self-hosted universe without trusting any external EC2/GCP/etc. (There are some constraints on traffic; if you host a popular PeerTube your ISP might get a bit sad. That can be resolved later.)
All of this is possible & relatively easy to do now. It's just schleppy. And it breaks a lot.
If I made something that "just worked", would you buy it? Any feature suggestions, or things to consider?