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What is a service you host you never knew you needed?

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  • guadin@k.fe.derate.meG [email protected]

    I think everybody on here is constantly keeping an eye out for what to host next. Sometimes you spinup something which chugs along nicely but sometimes you find out you've been missing out.

    For me it's not very refreshing or new: Paperless-ngx. Never thought I would add all my administration to it. But it's great. I probably can't find the thing I need, but I should have a record of every mail or letter I've gotten.
    Close second is Wanderer. But I would like to have a little bit more features like adding recorded routes to view speed and compare with previous walks. But that's not what it is intended for.

    What is that service for you?

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    Syncthing. Decentralized data backup that works with minimal setup. Now I can add cloud sync to most any app.

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      I started with gitea but found it difficult to backup. I've been using gogs for a while now and find it minimal and easy to administrate.

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      I run it in a docker on zfs so snapshots backed up to PBS seem pretty bulletproof.

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        Kavita for my ebook collection—mostly tabletop RPGs, but some comics and sci fi as well.

        I don’t actually use the web interface that often. I add books to my Kavita library, then scan the OPDS feed into my scratch-my-own-itch mobile app, Bookoscope, and download whatever I want to read onto my tablet from there.

        Side note, PDFs are the absolute worst. Even reading them on a full-sized tablet is incredibly annoying. Anybody have any tips/tricks/apps for that?

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        I usually convert pdfs to epub if its something I actually need to read and not just scan/browse. Often I would bother to even edit the epub in Sigil to fix any problems with the conversion.

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          what do you mean you often switch apps ?

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          I like to switch RSS apps on the phone a lot because I can't stick with one, and none of them are perfect

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          • guadin@k.fe.derate.meG [email protected]

            I think everybody on here is constantly keeping an eye out for what to host next. Sometimes you spinup something which chugs along nicely but sometimes you find out you've been missing out.

            For me it's not very refreshing or new: Paperless-ngx. Never thought I would add all my administration to it. But it's great. I probably can't find the thing I need, but I should have a record of every mail or letter I've gotten.
            Close second is Wanderer. But I would like to have a little bit more features like adding recorded routes to view speed and compare with previous walks. But that's not what it is intended for.

            What is that service for you?

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            That's easily Home Assistant. It got me into the whole home automation stuff and I have gradually included more and more parts into it - including some health related stuff. It really makes my family's life easier and helps us organizing it.

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              Works great for me, too.

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                https://ntfy.sh/

                Easily set up, and easily attached to other things. Simple notifications about whatever is needed, like service health or updates, new posts on public platforms, etc. A simple curl is plenty to send and receive notifications, and it works on Android without requiring FCM (Google infrastructure).

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                And for those using Matrix, it stops you from having to use Google notifications.

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                • guadin@k.fe.derate.meG [email protected]

                  I think everybody on here is constantly keeping an eye out for what to host next. Sometimes you spinup something which chugs along nicely but sometimes you find out you've been missing out.

                  For me it's not very refreshing or new: Paperless-ngx. Never thought I would add all my administration to it. But it's great. I probably can't find the thing I need, but I should have a record of every mail or letter I've gotten.
                  Close second is Wanderer. But I would like to have a little bit more features like adding recorded routes to view speed and compare with previous walks. But that's not what it is intended for.

                  What is that service for you?

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                  Never knew I needed? Another vote for Paperless-ngx. I still feel like I'm living in the future using it. The trick I've found was initially setting up a good document naming & management convention & following it religiously for every document. The search function is fantastic at narrowing down results. Used in conjunction with specific coloured tags I can immediately see what I need from search results.

                  Fired up Immich recently. Amazing. Will be donating as I like their stance.

                  I also enjoy Linkwarden. Switched from the also excellent Hoarder as I prefer the UI.

                  Most used? Nextcloud with Joplin.

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                    Is this accessible outside your own home network, or is it restricted to local?

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                    Same as any piece of software you’re hosting, it’s up to you to decide. I run my instance on my Hetzner vm.

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                      Never knew I needed? Another vote for Paperless-ngx. I still feel like I'm living in the future using it. The trick I've found was initially setting up a good document naming & management convention & following it religiously for every document. The search function is fantastic at narrowing down results. Used in conjunction with specific coloured tags I can immediately see what I need from search results.

                      Fired up Immich recently. Amazing. Will be donating as I like their stance.

                      I also enjoy Linkwarden. Switched from the also excellent Hoarder as I prefer the UI.

                      Most used? Nextcloud with Joplin.

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                      @[email protected] funnily enough, I switched from Linkwarden to Hoarder. I like the smart lists. Just bookmark everything, check it later.

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                      • guadin@k.fe.derate.meG [email protected]

                        I think everybody on here is constantly keeping an eye out for what to host next. Sometimes you spinup something which chugs along nicely but sometimes you find out you've been missing out.

                        For me it's not very refreshing or new: Paperless-ngx. Never thought I would add all my administration to it. But it's great. I probably can't find the thing I need, but I should have a record of every mail or letter I've gotten.
                        Close second is Wanderer. But I would like to have a little bit more features like adding recorded routes to view speed and compare with previous walks. But that's not what it is intended for.

                        What is that service for you?

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                        Joplin.

                        Ive been paying for Workflowy and honestly, I've reached my limit of cost vs value.

                        I needed a way to do more than just bullets, like Evernote without the bloat, or OneNote/Notes without the megacorp, something I can export and read 100 years from now.

                        I was surprised how often I use it, and slowly weening off of Workflowy.

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                          I'm really fond of readeck. After being dissapointed with Pocket and Wallabag, I went with omnivore until they pulled a skiff. Out of all the FOSS read-it-later solutions - it was a very even tie between Shiori and readeck, and I went with the latter since it supports highlights.

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                          FYI, the repo has been moved and the link is outdated

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                          • guadin@k.fe.derate.meG [email protected]

                            I think everybody on here is constantly keeping an eye out for what to host next. Sometimes you spinup something which chugs along nicely but sometimes you find out you've been missing out.

                            For me it's not very refreshing or new: Paperless-ngx. Never thought I would add all my administration to it. But it's great. I probably can't find the thing I need, but I should have a record of every mail or letter I've gotten.
                            Close second is Wanderer. But I would like to have a little bit more features like adding recorded routes to view speed and compare with previous walks. But that's not what it is intended for.

                            What is that service for you?

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                            Actual Budget a selfhosting budget software. It helps me keep track of my finances

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                              Is there a way to share groups of files at once? For example I currently share tax files with my accountant using seafile so right now I scan everything and just drop it into a folder. I would love to use paperless but being able to share folder that can be downloaded all at once is a critical workflow for me.

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                              You can configure storage paths. That way, you can direct tags to be stored in a specific folder.

                              You can then get the files for the accountant from your file system.

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                                @[email protected] funnily enough, I switched from Linkwarden to Hoarder. I like the smart lists. Just bookmark everything, check it later.

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                                I've been eyeing that. Using linkding for 'functional' sites & linkwarden for articles at the moment.
                                I like linkding a lot, but am too lazy to tag things properly.

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                                  The one that was way more useful then expected is immich. I have over 100,000 photos I took during my life and it usually takes me DAYS to find a specific picture I need.

                                  I installed immich and let it AI scan everything for a week or something. Now I can search for something specific like “it’s a black square in the middle of the photo and has a little knob on it” and it finds me the photo I need.

                                  It’s also cool to see photos of people, organized by the individual by searching their name or clicking on their face.

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                                  I think that's the last prod I needed to finally switch.

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                                    https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

                                    Happens to be more useful than I originally thought.

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                                    Would recommend putting a memory limit on the container.
                                    I had it crash my server by eating it all up.

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                                      The one that was way more useful then expected is immich. I have over 100,000 photos I took during my life and it usually takes me DAYS to find a specific picture I need.

                                      I installed immich and let it AI scan everything for a week or something. Now I can search for something specific like “it’s a black square in the middle of the photo and has a little knob on it” and it finds me the photo I need.

                                      It’s also cool to see photos of people, organized by the individual by searching their name or clicking on their face.

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                                      Pet detection is sorta on the roadmap for 2025... I couldn't be happier.

                                      +1 for immich, if I didn't already know I would be doing photo backups it would have been my entry. For things "I didn't know I needed"

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                                      • guadin@k.fe.derate.meG [email protected]

                                        I think everybody on here is constantly keeping an eye out for what to host next. Sometimes you spinup something which chugs along nicely but sometimes you find out you've been missing out.

                                        For me it's not very refreshing or new: Paperless-ngx. Never thought I would add all my administration to it. But it's great. I probably can't find the thing I need, but I should have a record of every mail or letter I've gotten.
                                        Close second is Wanderer. But I would like to have a little bit more features like adding recorded routes to view speed and compare with previous walks. But that's not what it is intended for.

                                        What is that service for you?

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                                        Immich, SearXNG, FreshRSS

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                                          If you don’t mind me asking, how/on which criteria does auto-sort and -categorization work? Scanning file name and contents? But then you’d have to pre-define some sort of keywords, no?

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                                          It's actually quite simple - not sure how it does work under the hood, but take a look at your documents. Every insurance, employer or company has its own letterhead with logo, contact information and legalese. You just tell paperless on one document "hey, that is my insurance, please tag everything like this as insurance" and it will do that.

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