I tried but the last time I made a website was in the 2000s and I gave up when I couldn’t figure out what “Docker” was, or why I needed it. What happened to simply slapping everything together in Notepad, uploading the files via FTP, linking it up with your MySQL database, and it all just works?

You can still do that i think lol – docker is basically an engine, the docker folks make sure docker is compatible with all different sorts of hardware, and you just make sure your software is compatible with docker.

Yeah kimd of. Docker is a container management system. Like a Virtual Machine except it isn’t a whole OS being used to host each “virtual machine,”. it connects a closed container to the kernel. So you have a container with a specific stripped down app inside it that you can connect to.

Architecture has to match though.

Right, no i know my comment was a gross oversimplification, just tried to explain it in a way someone who doesn’t know anything about it could start researching more about it.

You can totally still do that. Docker is a thing to bundle shit up. If you’re not doing that kind of thing a lot, you can skip it. That’s not to say is not useful, but it’s definitely not necessary.

join-lemmy.org/docs/…/from_scratch.html

Thanks, I tried that guide but it might as well be gibberish as far as I’m concerned.

Why do I have to tap into the command line on my web server? What happened to GUI installers?

“PostgreSQL”? What happened to MySQL?

What the hell is “Rust”?

So much has changed in 20 years and I feel like an old man trying to navigate a modern smart TV.

How much does it cost you to host?

nothing. I run a few small pc “servers” at home for homelab stuff anyway. I just set it up because I could. I could always use someone elses instance but it was a fun thing to do.