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h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve:<p>This is your casual reminder to <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhost</span></a> :flan_hacker: At least that what you are comfortable with :flan_guns: </p><p><a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> is about being independent. About owning your data. About reclaiming the 'net and decentralizing it. It is about taking control. Being able to do things the way you see fit. And it is about breaking free from subscriptions and from big tech which is <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/enshittifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittifying</span></a> like there is no tomorrow.</p><p>Go <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> the way you see fit. In small steps, one platform at a time - or with a head first dive if you are feeling adventurous. Share your experiences, write a blog about it, create a video or post about it on the Fediverse.</p><p>It most definitely is not too late to revolt. To give big tech the middle finger. Firmly stand your ground. <strong>Be a rebel.</strong> :flan_molotov:</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@ClickyMcTicker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ClickyMcTicker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.rrr.sh/@pearl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pearl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geerlingguy</span></a></span> </p><p><em>From scratch</em> should (and would) be possible if said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/configuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>configuration</span></a> isn't just proprietary bs but actually following a documented syntax akin to any proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/configuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>configuration</span></a>.</p><ul><li>I assume this is <em>NOT</em> the case cuz otherwise you'd not offer said job.</li></ul><p>Not to mention <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vendors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vendors</span></a> prefer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/siloing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siloing</span></a> amd <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittifying</span></a> products, so having <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InterchangeableFormats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InterchangeableFormats</span></a> goes against their primary <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> interests.</p><ul><li>We can see this peak with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cisco</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> pushing both proprietary <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> standards, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patenting</span></a> the implementation (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VRRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VRRP</span></a>) and sueing everyone who wants to implement them (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CARP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CARP</span></a> had to do a shitton of redundant work!) whilst also refusing to follow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Standards</span></a> (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Posix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Posix</span></a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">new line</a> ) &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Conventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conventions</span></a> (I've seen literal CISCO &lt;=&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IETF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IETF</span></a> dictionaries!)...</li></ul><p>Sadly it's more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unrealistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unrealistic</span></a> to see such standardization to happen than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YAML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YAML</span></a> being replaced <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/YADL" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">by</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YADL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YADL</span></a>...</p>
arclight<p>Nobody who started working on user interfaces after 2015 can be trusted.</p><p>There needs to be a UI lock feature at the OS level, on by default. No accidental pinning, unpinning, hiding, rearranging, or general gratuitous <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/enshittifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittifying</span></a> my goddamn desktop.</p><p>Stop making everything accidentally movable.</p><p>I hate every fucking one of you involved in cursing me with your shitty malleable UIs. Fucking stop it - it's fucking chaos.</p><p>You refuse to standardize on control location or behavior, there's no obvious undo, and approximately zero of the "flexibility" is useful or desirable.</p><p>You are not mature enough to make tools for other people. Grow up and/or just fucking stop.</p>