Awesome. I look forward to further iterations.

Questions:

Encryption: Is there any? I see that there is a password option, but does that lock the file or is that just to access the file itself.

Deletion: I see there are options related to the time the file can exist, but what are my guarantees that the file indeed will be deleted.

Selfhosting: Is this a venture you are offering to the public, or will there be an option to selfhost?

Please understand, I’m not trying to shit on your project. However, if there is no encryption, and no real guarantee the file will self destruct, I’d be hard pressed to use your service, unless it has a selfhosted option. It does look like there are some good options. I like the ability to tag a note for the recipients. The tor option is good too. Looks like you’ve put some time in on it. Polish it up, get some encryption options, and release the code on Github or equal so everyone view it and can make up their mind to use or not.

Thank you for sharing.

Tell us what you are hosting! Tell us now! Lol

IKR! You can’t just tease us OP.

Well, that’s pretty cool.

Are you a web designer, or how do you utilize 400k+ of stock images?

I just run whatever db is required in the docker compose stack. I’ve thought about running separate db like mongo, mysql, sqlite and having them as central db services for the containers. I don’t see a downside to doing that. It just seems to me that it’s easier just to run what is required by the compose stack itself. For what I’m doing, they don’t seem to eat up much resources.

I have single server made out of an Optiplex 3060 Micro

I’ve got a couple of Optiplex including a 3020 micro. Snappy little machines.

I also have hard time getting them to even allow me to run my homelab (I’m a teenager, I live with my parents), because it takes space and uses power (for context idle is around 8W).

Do a cost analysis. Present your parents with the results. Offer to do odd jobs around the house to offset the incurred cost of power consumption. For instance, generally speaking, that OptiPlex 3060 Micro running 24/7 in my locale would cost me about $3 per month to run 24/7. Which is pretty negligible, but understandable that your parents are concerned with costs and resources. Sometimes parents default to that boomer mentality that ‘I didn’t have a server when I was a kid and I walked to school uphill, both ways, in the snow, barefooted’. LOL However, when presented with some facts, charts n graphs, and a goal to learn a life skill, you might see some leniency.

Are you hosting arr stack/plex/jellyfin?

I do not run the 'arr stack, but I do run about 38 other containers on my Ubuntu Jammy server. I prefer reading to watching.

Not sure why you are getting down voted, but don’t let it get under your skin.

its OK that other people have different tastes and priorities than you do

There is a great book on this called the ‘The Let Them Theory’ by Mel Robbins. Stop wasting energy on things you can’t control and stop comparing yourself to other people.

severe long-term symptoms of Covid

Sure hope you’re doing better now, and no ‘long Covid’ after effects.

Are posts about that welcome here?

Absolutely. The gate’s open…come on in. It’s been quite a while since I’ve had a Windows based server. I still run Windows 10 in the lab, plus Linux and Mac. I don’t really discriminate. All OS’s have their place imho.

So far its a blast!

That is one of the prime directives of selfhosting. I have a ton of fun learning about new stuff to do and how to do it. Tell us all about it man. What do you selfhost? Are you running any Docker containers? I’m all ears, which in reality isn’t too far from the truth with my Jumbo ears. Share! Share!

You could do it that way. You could use something like Cloudflare Tunnels/Zero Trust where you’d get DDoS protection for tunneled hostnames http/https. If you’re looking for raw tcp/udp arbitrary ports protection, they have a paid Spectrum protection plan.

I don’t know your specific situation, but after all these years of self hosting, I can’t say as I’ve ever experienced a DDoS attack. Not saying they don’t happen or that it isn’t a concern. I’ve experienced someone hacking my server, but I was super green back then and undoubtedly didn’t have the proper protections in order.

Most of your reputable, well established VPS vendors like Digital Ocean, Linode, Vultr, offer DDoS protections. Some like Hetzner offer multiple tiers of DDoS protection.

I’m just new here.

Welcome to the club bro!

I’ve bookmarked the project for reading later on this evening. I’ll probably have questions then. Thank you for sharing your project with us.

Dokuwiki

Ahah! When I went to the site I was having a deja vu moment. The content looked familiar, but the framework looked much different. So I assumed this was a new user with a new blog. I found your wiki quite a while back looking for a docker compose. Good stuff.

This is an exemplary exchange between the potential end user and the dev. Refreshing. Thank you.

Exactly…so I made a manual Olive Tin I guess.

See my wiki at https://wiki.gardiol.org/7-services/radicale

Nice wiki btw. Bookmarked

home assistant

One of these days I’m going to have to spin up HA and see what it’s all about.

Ah, I thought you meant there was some technical issue that I wasn’t aware of / it had been superseded by a superior method.

Make millions bro. Come back and tell us all about your adventures.

What’s up with arr stack tho?

I have no qualms with the software itself. In fact, from what I’ve read, it’s pretty amazing as to how it all fits together. Some good software engineering there. However, my problem arises in what most people use the 'arr stack for. I don’t police your usage, and I don’t preach at those who use the 'arr stack to pirate content, I don’t leave castigating comments and down votes. I figure you are all autonomous adults capable of making your own decisions and living with them. I’ve heard all the pros and all the cons and everything in between, so no need to rehash all of that. Nothing I could possibly post would convince anyone to disband their 'arr stack, so why bother? What would I gain except some faux sense of superiority? I don’t know what people get out of slamming others for using AI. What does it do for you? Does it make you feel better to trash someone’s project? Let the end user decide if the project is worthy of them running on their server, not a consensus of AI haters.

It all gets down to how you interpret Rule 1: ‘Be civil: we’re here to support and learn from one another. Insults won’t be tolerated.’ Everybody was all chatty about Rule 3, but Rule 1 seems to be a hit or miss. Like I said, it’s 2026 and AI isn’t going away. It is probably a good assumption that any project within the last 5 years is going to be using AI in some form or fashion.