freshthought

Hi HN,

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 always sleep better by the ocean. My RHR drops 5-10 beats, and I wake up feeling much more relaxed. Am I alone?

What causes this effect? Is it negative ions? Clean air? Ocean sound? I’ve tried with the windows closed, and the effect holds. I’ve tried it on and off vacation, and the effect holds. So I’m really at a loss for what it could be.