The title is really vague, so I’ll try to clarify my intentions here:
I am an ardent supporter of FOSS. It will be greatly beneficial for my life and especially my privacy to self-host such software. Yet, I cannot find much motivation to do so.
However, when it comes to hosting software for public use, I can usually give my utmost concentration and dedication.
This is not how I want my life to be. I want to be motivated for myself as well as for the community. And if that’s not possible, I need to trick my brain into bringing me into that kind of zone for myself.
What do I do? What would you do in this situation?
You should go the Docker route. If you selfhost for yourself you can even use a Raspberry Pi or any common “mini computer” available. Just make sure to install a large enough SSD. 1 terabyte should be fine if you don’t want to use OwnCloud or something like this.
(And now you have something to learn! 😀)
I use Kubernetes, and TBH the problem isn’t the know-how (I can just learn what I don’t know). The problem is a lack of motivation for doing it solely for myself; I know I should do it but why on earth can’t I muster enough motivation to actually sit down and configure??
Something new to try/learn always motivates me.
Reading theory always has me excited but configuring it in practice makes me slink away in laziness lol