The fourth article in my series about “self-hosting for newbies” explaining how I take care of backups for my YunoHost server.

  • kossa@feddit.org
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    8 hours ago

    Depends highly on the people. I learned that way, to get started with recipes enabled me to get early successes which in turn motivated me.

    Down the road I needed different things from my setup, which could not be found in a simple recipe anymore, so I needed to learn the parts of the machine.

    • tedd_deireadh@piefed.social
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      7 hours ago

      Exactly. Both newbies and experienced admins aren’t always looking for a general summary on how to build something. Sometimes we need a direct, easy guide to build the tool we’ve already decided to implement. Let them read the documentation so I don’t have to.

      • non_burglar@lemmy.world
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        58 minutes ago

        Let them read the documentation so I don’t have to.

        Exactly why the article promotes stupidity. Why in the world would you put those words down proudly?