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My biggest use case has been in data formatting. "Here's a big list of numbers, output it back to me as (String) (Number) (String) (break) (Number)" stuff like that. Before AI I made a little python program to do stuff like that for me but I lost it on my old work computer pre-COVID and never whipped one up again. Writing it out now, I should do that again lol.

Haha holy shit that got a legitimate out loud laugh from me.

Oh, I know. No preaching required. I'm from pre-internet days. That's why I agree with you. Being this dependent on the internet is not good for me or anyone else.

It would be a big struggle for me but I still agree with you.

Wow, that's a way better reception than I would have expected!

I'd like to know more about the interesting results you've gotten if you don't mind sharing.

Second everything you said, good god. If I ask HR a question I'm lucky to hear back in a week if at all. They ask us to sign shit, I sign it, they ask me to sign the same shit I signed because nobody checked their inbox for my reply.

Nice. Started using it just a couple weeks ago. I tested a big chunk of them and while Linkwarden isn't perfect, it does everything better than everything else I tried.

Do we self-hosters need to do anything special? I remember looking at some docs about upgrading versions, but I don't know how to tell which version I have.

Honestly I think it's a great way to get into self-hosting without having to worry too much! I don't have any one specific guide to point you towards. I just got started a few weeks ago myself, and mostly brushed off some old skills I'd known from other projects and doing a LOT of searching of videos and posts and articles and just figuring things out as I went. So the best I can do is tell you some topics you're going to want to learn about.

Assuming you'll want to start small and easy (not needing to expose anything to the internet, just local area network stuff), I recommend you search up the following topics:

• Linux commands (if you don't know them already)
• Running a virtual machine (if you don't have some hardware lying around that you can use to run as your 'server.' Old laptops are a fantastic starting point if you do. But if not you can definitely experiment with a VM on your PC!)
• Docker & Docker Compose (in that order if you don't find some two-in-one resource)

That should give you enough to start toying around and trying things out. And once you start doing that, you start unearthing what you don't know and that'll point you towards the next thing you need to learn. :)

Me either, so I'm searching up what I can and bookmarking it to read later. There's always more to learn!

Without knowing specifically what issue you ran into, it might not be user error. A lot of public instances for privacy frontends wind up going down for all sorts of reasons (server overload/scraped to death by bots, had to end server due to costs, API changes to the underlying service breaking something, just to name a few.) Part of the reason I started looking into self-hosting stuff was just to prop up some privacy frontends for my own use.

Might be worth checking out WAFRN if you want something tumblr-like!