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Self-Host Weekly (2 October 2026)
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selfh.stSelf-Host Weekly (2 October 2026)Where we're going, we don't need Windows.selfh.stSelf-Host Weekly (2 October 2026)Where we're going, we don't need Windows.Replying to @eshol@lemmy.world
I’ve lost all motivation to continue any sort of self-hosting. AI/LLM has crept into every corner of the internet. It’s killed the community vibe I once grew up with. There’s a certain lifelessness with these projects and the internet as a whole that’s hard to describe but it’s just not fun anymore.
I’m in the progress of changing my hobby to be more offline. Writing my own code for my own purpose and entertainment. I’ll still host my code on Codeberg. Codeberg, this Lemmy account and that one bash focused discord server will be my entire online presence going forward. Whatever happens, happens and I won’t feel a loss about losing access to any of those things.
Capitalism and the forces that promote or enable capitalism just exploits everything until there is no life, fun or joy left…
It's interesting I have the exact opposite perspective with AI in regards to selfhosting.
The customizability is now endless for me, I can do anything, customize anything, problems that are typically 1-2 hours are fixed in <5 minutes.
Don't want to fiddle w/ a GUI? Shoot off a message and it's done.
Replying to @bretton.dev@coves.social
Further down this comment chain I explain why I feel AI is causing so many issues.
The blog post linked but the user lepire does an even better job explaining how AI destroys online communities.
Personal convenience should not come at such a deep and destructive cost.
I’ve been on the internet since 1998 and I’ve watched slowly as big money and bigger tech companies slowly destroy everything that made the internet inclusive and weird. I’m sure people who have had access to the Internet for longer than myself would have even more to say about the current state of the internet.