twovests

twovests wrote

Reply to comment by astroaron in This is cool, how do I do this? by astroaron

Learning enough self-hosting to set up Postmill is difficult, but doable! Having some Linux experience is a pretty good start.

I don't know your exact skill level, but I figure you're at least familiar with using the Linux command line and with using Google/StackOverflow/etc.

I'd recommend doing all your learning on a Raspberry Pi (or other spare computer to install Linux on), if you have one, so you aren't paying ~$10/month to a VPS provider.

What is your main OS? (Windows? MacOS? Linux?) This matters a bit for what tools you'd use to manage your server.

If I were to recommend some "milestones" along the way to hosting Postmill, I would break down the goals like this. Except for the Postmill specific steps, you can find good guides for any of these all over the internet:

  1. Learning:
    1. Set up Linux on a Raspberry Pi (or spare computer).
      • You can go straight to the VPS if you want.
    2. Set up SSH (using key auth only) to that Linux machine, and only use SSH to manage it. (No desktop GUI!)
    3. Set up a Caddy server on that Linux machine and set up a 'hello world' page.
      • I very highly recommend Caddy because it's very "production ready" by default, easy to install (because Go compiles to static binaries) and easy to use.
    4. Set up a Postmill instance on your Linux machine using Docker and Docker Compose.
  2. Doing:
    • You'll repeat a lot of the work you did above, but it should go a lot faster once you've done all the trial-and-error. Plus, you'll have your history from the above to refer to.
    1. Set Linux on a VPS with a provider like DigitalOcean.
    2. Buy a domain from a registrar like IWantMyName, and set up the A and AAAA records to point to your VPS.
    3. Set up SSH (using key auth only -- extra important this time!) to the server, if you didn't in part 1.
    4. Set up a Caddy server and set up a hello world to your domain.
    5. Install Postmill on your VPS using Docker and Docker Compose

I luv to talk about this stuff so pls ask any questions you have :3

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twovests OP wrote

Reply to comment by toasthaste in HRT wasn't right for me, at least right now. (CW, f-slur, drugs, terfs, blindphobia) by twovests

I really appreciate this c:

I feel some kind of... Internal friction? About going on a trans forum and saying "Hey all, I'm not taking HRT <3". But I do very much appreciate people being okay with that.

I love the "queering the cis-trans binary" thing. I never felt very correct about IDing as trans, but between the two boxes, it's T 100%.

I keep wavering between "tapering off HRT" and "Oh, I can have another E as a treat" to the point where even this post is out of date lol.

(also, thank u for commenting on the terf criticism and saying it was funny. i worry that my posts about terfs and transphobes might be too esoteric or hurtful to consider)

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twovests wrote (edited )

Reply to This is cool, how do I do this? by astroaron

Hi! I'm the current sysadmin of jstpst and I recently figured out (with lotsa help from emma) how to host it!

Right now we're hosting Jstpst on a DigitalOcean VPS using Docker.

Are you already familiar with selfhosting on Linux? The whole "Rent a VPS or something, set up a domain, host a service, put it behind Nginx or whatever" and all the "sudo nano /etc/blahblahblah"?

If so, you have the prerequisite skills :D I'm using Docker to host Postmill because I've had so many pains with dependency conflicts and upgrades before. Docker's promise that I would never have to worry about that again has held true.

The repo with Dockerfiles is here: https://codeberg.org/Postmill/Postmill

The docker instructions are here: https://codeberg.org/Postmill/Postmill/wiki/Serving-Postmill-using-Docker-and-Caddy

The Docker Compose (which sets up and links the multiple Docker images which a Postmill install uses) is here: https://codeberg.org/Postmill/postmill-docker-example

For directed guidance, are you familiar with using Linux and hosting web services / sites on Linux? (I think you can do this on other OSes too, but I can't speak to BSD or Windows or whatnot)

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twovests OP wrote

Reply to comment by twovests in DEBATE QUESTION: if we were food for an alien species that eats planets and considers complex civilization to have a more complex and desirable flavor. kind of like how we do with cheese. how would u feel about that by twovests

(Different cheeses are just different molds, i.e. foodstuffs which get their distinctive flavors from being highly complex lifeforms. To me, a cheese is a civilization. And our civilization is like a cheese.)

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Reply to comment by Moonside in waow. Taylor Swift is maybe going to be a paragraph in an AP US History text book in 20 years by twovests

She endorsed Harris after Trump had a really bad debate.

I think the 2024 debate will be recent enough in 2044 to warrant a subchapter, and the "Biden had the worst debate performance of all time > Trump took the crown by doing worse > Taylor Swift endorses Harris" would be a chapter itself if the next step is "Harris wins"

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twovests wrote

Reply to comment by Dogmantra in what are some good things to put in a backpack? by Dogmantra

Woah, I went over two decades of life and never learned you can't carry knives in the UK. (But you probably don't need to jerry rig public accommodations on a semiregular basis either hehe)

For dental purposes, I also pack miswack sticks into my go-bag instead of toothbrushes. (My thinking is "floss gets you 50% of the way there but I would also like to brush".)

The idea is that you cut the bark at the end and chew on it for dental hygiene. When the end gets dirty, you can just cut off the half inch and get a fresh half inch.

But they're plastic shrink-wrapped, cheap, and you can also use them with toothpaste if you want.

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twovests wrote

Reply to what are some good things to put in a backpack? by Dogmantra

Leatherman makes the good swiss army knives and I keep getting use of it. Adds weight but doesn't take much volume!

I also keep art wire and floss with me, which have come in useful (wire) in highschool for picking poorly made doorlocks and (floss) for flossing.

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