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What I Self Host

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116 points FredrikMeyer | 9 comments | 20 Oct 25 16:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.838s | source | bottom
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zahlman ◴[20 Oct 25 16:35 UTC] No.45645835[source]▶
There seems to be a fad for "self hosting" things now. What I don't understand is: what happened to just having a single device and having it run the code directly and show you the result directly? For example, why can't the thing that connects to the Spotify API just... do that, from a program that runs locally, independent of a web browser, with a GUI created using a standard non-web GUI toolkit? Why would I want to use it by pointing my browser at a machine name (of another device I own) and port number, rather than by launching a dedicated program?
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1. ekjhgkejhgk ◴[20 Oct 25 17:26 UTC] No.45646586[source]▶
I think people don't know what they want, but they like fiddling with computers. So, they imagine future scenarios where they would have problems (which they don't) and imagine solutions for those problems they don't have, and spend time implementing those solutions.

For example. Whenever RSS comes up, I say that newsboat is the best thing. People don't like it because it doesn't synchronize devices. Really? Why not have a device for reading, and read there? I have newsboat on my laptop and I A) don't have to read on my phone, B) can't read on my phone, and C) don't have to spend my free time doing unpaid maintenance for a job which I created for myself. Win-win-win.

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2. npodbielski ◴[20 Oct 25 17:58 UTC] No.45646996[source]▶
Maybe for some. But for me I do not want giant corp own my data. Like I do give keys to my house to some company or I do not have people manage my own money. Just as a principle.
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3. AndrewDucker ◴[20 Oct 25 20:17 UTC] No.45648761[source]▶
I read RSS on my desktop when I'm at home, on my work laptop when I'm at work, and on my phone in-between. And that works perfectly. Why would I want to reduce my options?
4. ekjhgkejhgk ◴[20 Oct 25 23:07 UTC] No.45650558[source]▶
newsboat doesn't give anyone any data.
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5. npodbielski ◴[21 Oct 25 10:08 UTC] No.45654187{3}[source]▶
Never heard of it.

I just tried to explain to you why I DO THIS.

6. thiht ◴[21 Oct 25 15:25 UTC] No.45656987[source]▶
> Why not have a device for reading, and read there?

I'm curious to know why you think this way of doing is "correct"? I like reading my RSS feeds on my phone. And on my laptop. And on my tablet, sometimes.

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7. ekjhgkejhgk ◴[22 Oct 25 19:48 UTC] No.45674240[source]▶
I didn't use the word "correct", you did.

In any case, if you're reading on your phone it's most likely because you're addicted to your phone and open the app impulsively. Consider that.

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8. izacus ◴[22 Oct 25 21:15 UTC] No.45675233{3}[source]▶
Please don't play weasel word games, you know exactly what the poster meant. Your showing an awful mindset where you scold people who don't share your preferences and world view. Stop it.
9. thiht ◴[23 Oct 25 14:05 UTC] No.45681955{3}[source]▶
> I didn't use the word "correct", you did.

You do know we can infer unwritten things from context, right?

> I say that newsboat is the best thing

> Why not have a device for reading, and read there?

These sound like you believe your way of doing is the correct one and people reading on multiple devices are wrong. You don't have to say it for readers to understand it this way.