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From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server

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333 points indigodaddy | 15 comments | 13 Nov 22 02:02 UTC | HN request time: 2.128s | source | bottom
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colordrops ◴[13 Nov 22 03:18 UTC] No.33579637[source]▶
Plex is one of the reasons I now always choose open source over closed source but free as in beer. They start out great but as financial constraints creep in the compromises are made that create a very unpleasant experience. For example, I'd love to use Obsidian, which is an amazing app, but who knows what will happen to it in the future.
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1. jghn ◴[13 Nov 22 03:25 UTC] No.33579684[source]▶
With Obsidian the thing that made me ok with this was it's all just markdown. I have all my data stored locally in an ubiquitous file format
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2. qudat ◴[13 Nov 22 03:48 UTC] No.33579827[source]▶
This is the primary motivating factor for why I like https://prose.sh

You store your markdown files locally and then copy them to your hosted blog.

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3. colordrops ◴[13 Nov 22 03:54 UTC] No.33579856[source]▶
But there's an entire workflow embedded in the use of Obsidian. It's not "just markdown". That's like saying you could move from vscode to notepad because it's "just text".
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4. ilrwbwrkhv ◴[13 Nov 22 04:10 UTC] No.33579947[source]▶
Yup and that is my problem with startups like supabase too. I have just started using pocketbase for that reason.
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5. Aeolun ◴[13 Nov 22 04:25 UTC] No.33580032[source]▶
It’s not unreasonable to say I could build my own without having to reverse engineer the data format though.

I only lose the convenience of Obsidian, not the data I spent years building.

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6. jghn ◴[13 Nov 22 05:34 UTC] No.33580382{3}[source]▶
Yeah this. Would it suck? Yes. Would I be as fucked as some other platforms? No.
7. YeBanKo ◴[13 Nov 22 07:04 UTC] No.33580753[source]▶
I don’t use Obsidian, but their bustiness model seems simple and honest. Hopefully, I think the worst that can happen is that they will get acquired by a larger company to be sunset.
8. r-bar ◴[13 Nov 22 10:06 UTC] No.33581637{3}[source]▶
How does supabase not qualify as open source?

Their stack is primarily comprised of other independent open source projects. The one component that isn't is their "realtime" server that serves updates from postgres' WAL over websockets, but that is open sourced[0] under Apache 2.0. From my understanding the primary part that has not been open sourced is their database browser / web UI. There are plenty of alternative management tools for postgres though. As you can export your database what else would you need to ensure your portability and independence?

Granted they make their docs fairly opaque for trying to self host. Presumably to encourage you to just use their hosted service. Hosting open sourced projects seems like a very ecosystem friendly way of monetizing.

[0] https://github.com/supabase/realtime

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9. jannes ◴[13 Nov 22 10:55 UTC] No.33581872[source]▶
lol, wasn't it the same with Plex? They just built lots of features around locally stored data.
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10. brianzelip ◴[13 Nov 22 11:51 UTC] No.33582193[source]▶
What's the workflow beyond opening up the app and starting to type in a new or existing document?
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11. Vrondi ◴[13 Nov 22 16:24 UTC] No.33584493[source]▶
Just like Obsidian, right?
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12. qudat ◴[13 Nov 22 16:28 UTC] No.33584548{3}[source]▶
Yep except instead of it being a note-taking app, it's a blog platform.
13. colordrops ◴[13 Nov 22 19:13 UTC] No.33586324{3}[source]▶
Your question is the equivalent to "how does Obsidian differ from a minimalist Markdown editor."
14. kiwicopple ◴[13 Nov 22 20:39 UTC] No.33587099{4}[source]▶
> From my understanding the primary part that has not been open sourced is their database browser / web UI.

FYI, this is also open source: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/tree/master/studio

15. ViViDboarder ◴[13 Nov 22 22:30 UTC] No.33588066[source]▶
Exactly. Actually, this blog post is about how it’s not very painful to migrate.