I’m an English teacher who wanted to “cut the cord” wherever I could, so I started learning about domain hosts, containerization, .yaml files, etc.

Since then, I’ve been hosting several pods for file sharing and streaming for many years, and I’m currently thinking about learning kubernetes for home deployment. But why?

If you aren’t in development, IT, cyber security, or in a related profession, what made you want to learn this on your own? What made you want to pick this up as a hobby?

  • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
    19·
    20 hours ago

    Piracy, basically.

    Self-hosting wasn’t my intention, I just wanted a media server. Then a media server that downloaded all my stuff easily. Then a server that was more accessible. Then a server that had better Wife-Approval-Factor.

    • muxika@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Piracy, basically.

      Lol, you don’t say? Do you use something like Jellyseerr for requests?

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        13 hours ago

        Nah.

        Piracy was just my gateway.

        I dont have a media server anymore.