since I document almost everything I’ve tried

I worked in the construction field as a mech eng in hvac. The rule of thumb then was ‘If you didn’t write it down, it didn’t happen’. So that sort of carried over to my personal life as well. I document just about everything I enter into a terminal. I probably spend as much time in a notepad as I do in a terminal, but it has saved my ass on so many occasions, especially with my shit memory. And I can step by step through stuff I’ve already tried so I don’t waste time reinventing the wheel. Like right now I am in a battle with AIDE and trying getting it to write to the db ffs, so it can remember what it already scanned.

Here’s a recent example

Yeah…that’s way over my head. LOL I mean, I know what Incus is, but beyond that, hell I do good just understanding Docker, which really is a pretty nifty way to do things on a server. Maybe one day I’ll get there, perhaps after K8s, but by that time there will be something else to learn.

(I’m an undergrad)

What are you studying? I read your resume. I assume you are working towards something in the IT field.

windows pipes

Wow! Just had a flashback to the screensaver era. If you’re ever bored, there is some neat history behind the Flying Toasters screensaver.

Which would place it somewhere in Cali.

Ducking around

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Actually, I knew that Neko is the Japanese word for cat, but it never dawned on me it’s supposed to be a part of the naming nomenclature. It’s kind of clever marketing.

I use the Obsidian web clipper

Probably a silly question but, does the webclipper work for the selfhosted version or just the Windows version.

I use Readeck for ‘read it later’ type documents or articles, and Karakeep for data preservation. The only downside that I can think of with Readeck is that there is no real ‘one click export’ of the database housing all your articles. However, you can download the entire folder containing the database and all the zip files and transport them to a new server or make it a backup. Other than that, Readeck checks my boxes. It has an iOS app and an extension for Firefox…not sure about chrome as I avoid it like the plague.

Watching this thread. I too would like to dip into Ansible. Looks like a really powerful way to automate things.

That sounds very appealing. I’ll check it out.

Of the tops out there, btop is my favorite followed by glances. They are all useful, I just like the way btop presents the data

I had previously thought about a wiki or as one person suggested a ‘notes blog’. Still toying with all the options.

I deployed it on the test server, but it was getting kind of late and this old man needs his night meds accompanied by a bowl…for a nightly muse with some free form jazz… :) I will get into it on the morrow, and let you know. I do appreciate your input.

Although I call it a “blog”,

You know, I did have an idea about just such a thing, tho it would be private. I gave your ‘blog’ a bookmark and will definitely check quarto

Took a look at the git. I’ve got it on the list.

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So far, I really like how Obsidian searches and gives you a list in the left hand side, and highlights the chosen result. That’s very nice. I haven’t settled on Obsidian yet. Still need to try out the rest of the recommendations from the kind folks here, however it’s definitely in the running.

Thanks

I have not met logseq, tho I am currently reading up on it. There’s apparently a docker container for it as well along with a plethora of plugins to extend it’s functions. I’m down with trying it. I will read some more. Thanks very much for the recommendation.

I know, right? Any ‘free’ service with that much infrastructure to support, is more than likely selling your data. I guess, it’s kind of refreshing that a company comes right out and tells you they’re about to bend you over the barrel.

I do not audit code line by line, bit by bit. However, I do due diligence in making sure that the code is from reputable sources, see what other users report, I’ll do a search for any unresolved issues et al. I can code on a very basic level, but I do not possess the intelligence to audit a particular app’s code. Beyond my ‘due diligence’ I rely on the generosity of others who are more intelligent than I and who can spot problems. I have a lot of respect and admiration for dev teams. They produce software that is useful, fun, engaging, and it just works.

There is a dockerized version of GoodSync, tho I’ve only used the windows version, so I can’t really vouch for it. Might be something worth looking at. I chime in with the others here in that I use Synchthing and I’ve never had any issues with corrupt files, but I can understand how that would be unacceptable.

How about Unison, Resilio, or Seafile ?