In the context of Debian, “stable” means it doesn’t change often. Debian stable doesn’t have major version changes within a particular release.

Unstable has major changes all the time, hence the name.

I think testing is a good middle ground. Packages are migrated from unstable to testing after ~10 days of being in unstable, if no major bugs are found.

Use a page caching plugin that writes HTML files to disk. I don’t do a lot with WordPress any more, but my preferred one was WP Super Cache. Then, you need to configure Nginx to serve pages directly from disk if they exist. By doing this, page loads don’t need to hit PHP and you effectively get the same performance as if it were a static site.

See how you go with just that, with no other changes. You shouldn’t need FastCGI caching. If you can get most page loads hitting static HTML files, you likely won’t need any other optimizations.

One issue you’ll hit is if there’s any highly dynamic content on the page, that’s generated on the server. You’ll need to use JavaScript to load any dynamic bits. Normal article editing is fine, as WordPress will automatically clear related caches on publish.

For the server, make sure it’s located near the region where the majority of your users are located. For 200k monthly hits, I doubt you’d need a machine as powerful as the Hetzner one you mentioned. What are you using currently?

If your current setup works well for you, there’s no reason to change it.

You could try Debian in a VM (virtual machine) if you want to. If you’re running a desktop environment, GNOME Boxes makes it pretty easy to create VMs. It works even if you don’t use GNOME.

If you want to run it as a headless server (no screen plugged in to it), I’d install Proxmox on the system, and use VMs or LXC containers for everything. Proxmox gives you a web UI to manage VMs and containers.

You can somewhat avoid the issue of old packages by running the testing version instead of stable, but in that case you should ensure you get security updates from unstable: https://github.com/khimaros/debian-hybrid

I used to run some systems on Debian testing and never had any issues.

Once you’re past that, the userbase is smaller than Ubuntu’s

Is it? I feel like there’s far more Debian systems in the world, if you include servers.

Use a VPN that supports port forwarding, like AirVPN.

If you get a Zigbee smart switch (or smart bulb) and a Zigbee remote, you can pair the switch/bulb and remote directly so it works like you said, while still retaining the ability to control the light using Home Assistant (eg automatically turn it on or off based on something).

This applies to a lot of services. Only expose something publicly if the public need to access it, and make sure it’s properly secured. If it’s just for you or your family (or friends) to use, use a peer-to-peer / mesh VPN like Tailscale.

Blue Iris is by far the most capable NVR, but it’s Windows-only so you’d need a Windows or Windows Server VM. For a basic setup, Frigate is more than sufficient.

I’d say try Frigate on your ThinkCentre and see how well it runs. I wouldn’t buy new hardware prematurely.

Do I understand that I could then share the igpu between Jellyfin and Docker/Frigate?

I’m not sure about containers like LXC, but generally you need SR-IOV or GVT-g support to share a GPU across multiple VMs. I think your CPU supports GVT-g, so you should be able to find a guide on setting it up.

It must be a lot of work to self-host DigitalOcean.

There’s a great Android TV app called Tivimate. You can record shows to a hard drive attached to the Android box.

If you’re in the USA (or maybe Canada?), the Walmart Onn 4K is a very good device for the price ($30). The Nvidia Shield Pro ($200) is more premium. I have two of them.

The best IPTV services are secretive and require an invite from an existing user. The one I use hasn’t accepted new customers for a few years, so unfortunately I can’t refer you.

Ah, the ol’ switcheroo.

The way a lot of students solve this in Australia, at least in Melbourne where I’m from, is by taking the train (or a tram) to university. The university I went to was adjacent to a train station.

Students from low-income families and that are independent get money from the government which can be used for anything, including public transport passes. Living on campus isn’t really a thing in Australia, so a lot of students continue to live with their parents while at uni to save money, or live at an apartment nearby.

If your element has an id, you can just reference it from the window scope

This is brittle, as defining a global variable with the same name (or the browser adding a API with the same name) will override it. This functionality was only kept for backwards compatibility with sites designed for Internet Explorer. The spec says to use getElementById instead.

Ohh… I forgot about this. If they’re still doing that then I wouldn’t recommend them.

For less tech-savvy users, I usually recommend some off-the-shelf hardware, so they have multiple people they can go to in case of issues with either the hardware or the standard built-in software (like the manufacturer, or other people that are also familiar with products from that manufacturer).

Synology used to be the best for that, but maybe not any more. A lot of brands have gotten into NAS hardware over the last year or two so I’m not sure what’s the best now!

PSMC sounds like a bootleg TSMC lol

legacy fab it opened just 19 months ago

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I’d probably just get a Synology and install Immich on it.

Fibre optic is generally better for this use case, but Ethernet would work fine too. Be sure to use CMX rated cable, as it’s rated for outdoor use (uses a more durable, UV-resistant jacket, and is suitable for direct burial).

Run it in conduit so you can easily replace it in the future if needed.

I think you’re right - people using the paid ones want to get their money’s worth. Even on the expensive plans like Claude Code’s $100/month subscription, people often end up using the equivalent of thousands of dollars worth of API usage, which doesn’t even cover the full cost of providing the service.

As far as I know, this is only for the free version of ChatGPT. It costs a lot of money to run, and they’re still not profitable, so it makes sense that they want to monetize the free version. The other option is to completely shut down the free version and only have the paid one.