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I have an unused mac that I want to put to work and I'm looking for inspiration. So far the only examples I've found are the typical home server stuff:

- plex/media server

- remote backup

- file sharing/sync

But I'm more interested in scriptable use cases that can't be covered by a Linux server, e.g.:

- Xcode builds

- headless browser service (puppeteer) for website screenshots (for apple emoji & font rendering)

- automated screenshots/screencasts (via screencapture & apple script)

- iCloud file organization (e.g. with Hazel.app)

I'm sure there are many more possibilities, so... if you have a macOS server, what do you use it for?

Yesterday I ran `brew install virtualenv` and homebrew decided to upgrade postgres, ruby, youtube-dl, vim, rust, wget and 50 other unrelated packages. The single command took 45min and broke all of my local postgres databases (and who knows what else).

At this point I should know better than to install postgres via homebrew, but unwanted/unasked-for upgrades is not a feature I'm looking for in a package manager.

What's your experience with other package managers for macOS? Currently looking into macports & nix and not sure which one to choose...