@Codebender_Cate In what respect? You looking how to run a VM environment or things to run in your home lab?

@Xavier I want to keep all of my data from all of my online accounts on local storage that I control. I want to host my own websites etc. AI is being implemented in web security without human oversight and people without community guidelines violations are being automatically and permanently banned without communication or justification. I don't want to lose my data when Skynet becomes self aware lol

@Codebender_Cate Take it one step at a time. For me it was starting with pictures. I installed Immich and move my family off of Google/Apple for image sync. Then files for me, so I selected NextCloud. Then see what you have left going to big tech, rinse and repeat.

Also, I highly recommend an AI programming assistant like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. It can greatly improve your IT abilities! In the last few months I have setup #Immich, #NextCloud, #Netbird, #UptimeKuma, #ForgeJo, #Authentik, #Pihole, #Beszel, #ActualBudget, #OpenWebUI, #Nfty, and #Tautulli.

@Xavier @Codebender_Cate

Immich works great for single users, but as soon as you try and share an instance with your family, you start noticing all the shortcomings. I've tackled a lot of those shortcomings in https://opennoodle.de with shared spaces

@open_noodle @Codebender_Cate My large family has been using it for about 6 months now. What short comings did you have with your crew?

Or is this spam?

@Xavier @Codebender_Cate

1. Partner sharing is all-or-nothing.
2. Albums are one person's island.
3. Face recognition doesn't cross users
4. No combined family timeline
5. No "what's new since I last looked"

Seriously, just check out what you can do with shared spaces. Maybe you don't know what you're missing. This isn't spam btw, you're welcome to join my discord and talk to me

@open_noodle @Codebender_Cate Is there a good way to run OpenNoodle in parallel with Immich to check it out?