This is honestly the most confusing and complicated part of self-hosting.
I agree! It took me years to finally decide to buckle down and wrap my head around what a "reverse proxy" is. Once I figured it out things became so much more usable and fun.
Combined with DNS redirects in my LAN (to get around NAT loopback), things are very easy to use.
FYI here's a link to the other compose file I was talking about: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
I'd say SSD or anything else non-spinning is a waste of money for most people's needs. There are fringe cases, of course, like people who are editing gigantic video files or whatever.
I have a bunch of WD HDD's that I shucked a while ago, they've been running non-stop for over 5 years last time I checked and I haven't had any problems. That being said, I think Toshiba is usually considered "better".
Either way, you shouldn't rely on the reliability of any drive, SSD, HDD, or otherwise. If you have a backup then your worries go out the window and you can live life in peace!
The docker instructions are a hot pile of garbage, unfortunately. The referenced docker compose file, for example, is for installing via Ansible I think. There's another Docker Compose file somewhere in the GitHub which is formatted for regular installation.
Lemmy is little too complex for a one click install.
Lemmy consists of:
Each one of those has a number of environmental config options that need to be set before running it all. You need a domain name so that other instances can reach your instance. Your database needs a password, Pict-rs needs to know where to store things, etc.
Just flexibility and future proofing. Having/building a music library is very time consuming, so I've chosen to do it properly so there's no work in the future.
Since my stuff is all FLAC it doesn't matter what new lossy formats become popular 25 years from now. My music server will convert it on the fly to stream it to my phone.
The only downside to keeping everything in a lossless format is that over the years new formats emerge. mp3 used to be the only game in town, but now we have multitudes of lossy formats to pick from. By having your collection in mp3 format, you aren't able to say "hey, this new format looks cool, let me switch to that". By storing everything in a lossless format (FLAC), you can convert for mobile as you see fit.
Blocking spam is not selfish, no.
I just updated my comment above with more info, FYI.
I'm not a pro at Docker, but I've spun up over 30 different services using Docker Compose so I'm more than a novice. I would say that Lemmy's documentation is the worst I've ever seen.
The website points you at that compose file which is (I think?) designed for Ansible. I think there's another example somewhere without all the jibbery joo, but I can't search for it right now.
Edit: here it is https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
No idea why they don't link to that one in the first place. I'd fix it if I knew how.
There's a big lack of a decent RC airplane simulator on Linux. One that you can plug a transmitter in via USB or Bluetooth and go from there. Real flight is the king but it's Windows only.
Is Pirate Party a nickname or do they actually call themselves that?