Talk is cheap, show us the code ;-).

Seriously, I would be interested in your setup files. Similarly to you, I bought a Beelink 16GB mini-pc last year for self-hosting immich, paperless-ngx and jellyfin. I tried to use podman, but couldn't figure out how to set the mentioned services up with it (on debian 13). I had no experience with it, not much time to tinker (two small kids) and installation manuals and tutorials usually focus on docker compose.

I guess with AI now it would be trivial, but I'd prefer getting a blueprint already known to work in practice and actually understand the why and how.

So please, write a blog post explaining the technical side of your setup.

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nicce 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not the author of the blog, but these days self-hosting with NixOS is breeze, especially because of the AI that helps with missing documentation. Everything is fully reproducible, revertable and maintainable. You can use nix eval to check if syntax is correct before even deploying anything. And if the actual build files, changes are not applied.

Under the hood, with NixOS, you get the authors setup as described. I run some of the mentioned services as described, under NixOS, just defined by .nix files.

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aktenlage 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Thanks. I watched videos on NixOS recently, it sounds great. I anyway abandoned the very appealing thought of using it. The reasons are already in my comment: "not much time to tinker (two small kids)" and "I guess with AI now it would be trivial, but I'd prefer getting a blueprint already known to work in practice and actually understand the why and how.".

I think this makes me incompatible with NixOS. Either I would need to spend the time to learn it, or I wouldn't understand much of what's going on. Maybe when the kids are older.

	▲	nicce 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think the requirement: > but I'd prefer getting a blueprint already known to work in practice and actually understand the why and how.". from "working part" is fulfilled. It is known to be work very well and many businesses use it on scale. Even drones run NixOS because it is more reliable. But it takes time to learn, which is the main negative side. I would recommend watching a bit more before making the final decision!

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Hikikomori 26 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I would install latest ubuntu server. I use dockge that provides a simple web interface to manage docker compose files, most projects provide a ready to use compose file that you can copy paste. Then you can use tailscale for remote access, expose to the internet via your router, or expose services with Cloudflared tunnel if you have your own domain, I use cloudflare zero trust just to avoid exposing the service directly, requires login via email code.

Can easily do this with AI now.