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What self hosting feels like (It's painful, please help 🥲) (feddit.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Excellent notes. If I could add anything it would be on number 4 -- just. add. imagery. For the love of your chosen deity, learn the shortcut for a screenshot on your OS. Use it like it's astro glide and you're trying to get a Cadillac into a dog house.

The little red circles or arrows you add in your chosen editing software will do more to convey a point than writing a paragraph on how to get to the right menu.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I would also add that you need to explain out-of-home steps, too.

I'm not an idiot but I didn't go to school for compsci or similar and I don't do it as a job. So frequently the instructions will go

Get your IP address by entering this command
Type your IP address in this line
Now forward any chosen port to your proxy of choice and don't forget to check your firewall settings!

My sibling in Eris, most people dont know any of those words.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I agree, but I don't think images should be relied on as the primary communicator. I have seen far too many forums/websites/docs with broken images because the host went down. That and archivers are more likely to fail at saving images. Explain it using text and give a reference image to further display the point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Absolutely! But I use markdown / Obsidian for my SOPs so images are kinda obnoxious to format. But yes!