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I might be irrational but these "someone on the internet is wrong" style articles are terribly unengaging.

by willeh 11y ago

kctess5 11y ago
Seriously. "My way is better than your way because I think it's easier" pat yourself on the back.
- titpetric 11y ago
  My way is better because it's more reliable. Sometimes easier is just a side benefit. For OP's article complexity is reduced, reliability is better and price point stays the same (seeing how he already pays about the same for a bare metal server). I am sorry, sometimes an opinion is just an opinion, and other times somebody IS just wrong. There's benefit in any approach, but there is always a better way. Coming from someone who had the same shitty remote setup with RPis, I have enough experience to advise a better way.
  - kctess5 11y ago
    Fair enough, there are some real benefits, but sometimes people do things just because they like doing them that way. The original person says "the setup I present here is simply what works well for me personally..." Seems kinda overkill to make an entire blog post because you don't think someone did something the most optimal way ever with 1000% uptime. edit: contrary opinions are good and encourage discussion, but framing it as "you are wrong and you need to change your mindset" doesn't necessarily support that goal IMO.
    - titpetric 11y ago
      Ok, some guy has a setup which works for him personally. Yet he decides to write a post about it titled "set up your remote office", advocating his view to others. It's like advocating sex, without sex education. Sure, I might have pointed out that basically every one of his ideas is prone to failure. Aggressively. Or passionately. If you're planing to work remotely, you need to consider things like: - uptime, SLA - redundancy (network, electricity, hardware, storage) I'm not saying oh let's throw $10k and make a home datacenter with running costs at about $500/mo, but If I did, I'd gladly advocate it over an ISP-provided AP and educational low-end hardware. There's just a middle ground which is just as feasible and effective regarding cost & your time. And I could go on. Years of remote work, and failures which are inevitable, have made me cautious. If you wanted a good remote work environment, you'd better come to me for suggestions than to use Ivan's "bragging rights" setup. Still not sure what's there to brag about. Linux today runs just about anywhere, even trashcans.
    - titpetric 11y ago
      Source for "linux runs on trashcans": https://twitter.com/bennunney/status/320473828545421312 https://twitter.com/bennunney/status/320473828545421312

I might be irrational but these "someone on the internet is wrong" style articles are terribly unengaging.

by willeh 11y ago

I might be irrational but these "someone on the internet is wrong" style articles are terribly unengaging.

kctess5 11y ago

Seriously. "My way is better than your way because I think it's easier" pat yourself on the back.

titpetric 11y ago
My way is better because it's more reliable. Sometimes easier is just a side benefit. For OP's article complexity is reduced, reliability is better and price point stays the same (seeing how he already pays about the same for a bare metal server). I am sorry, sometimes an opinion is just an opinion, and other times somebody IS just wrong. There's benefit in any approach, but there is always a better way. Coming from someone who had the same shitty remote setup with RPis, I have enough experience to advise a better way.
- kctess5 11y ago
  Fair enough, there are some real benefits, but sometimes people do things just because they like doing them that way. The original person says "the setup I present here is simply what works well for me personally..." Seems kinda overkill to make an entire blog post because you don't think someone did something the most optimal way ever with 1000% uptime. edit: contrary opinions are good and encourage discussion, but framing it as "you are wrong and you need to change your mindset" doesn't necessarily support that goal IMO.
  - titpetric 11y ago
    Ok, some guy has a setup which works for him personally. Yet he decides to write a post about it titled "set up your remote office", advocating his view to others. It's like advocating sex, without sex education. Sure, I might have pointed out that basically every one of his ideas is prone to failure. Aggressively. Or passionately. If you're planing to work remotely, you need to consider things like: - uptime, SLA - redundancy (network, electricity, hardware, storage) I'm not saying oh let's throw $10k and make a home datacenter with running costs at about $500/mo, but If I did, I'd gladly advocate it over an ISP-provided AP and educational low-end hardware. There's just a middle ground which is just as feasible and effective regarding cost & your time. And I could go on. Years of remote work, and failures which are inevitable, have made me cautious. If you wanted a good remote work environment, you'd better come to me for suggestions than to use Ivan's "bragging rights" setup. Still not sure what's there to brag about. Linux today runs just about anywhere, even trashcans.
  - titpetric 11y ago
    Source for "linux runs on trashcans": https://twitter.com/bennunney/status/320473828545421312 https://twitter.com/bennunney/status/320473828545421312