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Does anyone have any thoughts on self-hosting https://sourcehut.org/ https://sourcehut.org/? It seems like a very interesting option to me

Shadonototro 6y ago
they focus on minimalism and they lost in readability and usability
- naringas 6y ago
  there's an aspect of readability that is in the eye of the reader. I've been thinking about this a lot. often I hear (specially old-guard) hackers talking about easy and simplicity but they really mean it's familiar to them.
kodah 6y ago
I wouldn't. The last time I tried to use their software I asked if anyone had any insights with how to use it in Docker (much of it is written in Python) and the response I got was cringe worthy. I'm just some person on the internet so take that for what you will.
- whycombagator 6y ago
  > the response I got was cringe worthy How so?
  - nerdponx 6y ago
    I assume they were belittled for saying the D word.
- chousuke 6y ago
  All of the sr.ht software is packaged for Alpine, so you can just install and configure them in your Docker container, the same way you would install and configure them in a VM. There's no push-button magic for it, presumably because SourceHut the company (ie. Drew) isn't interested in running it in containers, but nothing is stopping you from trying. It's different from most Python software in that you're expected to use your OS's package manager and standard service tooling.
  - kodah 6y ago
    I did figure this out, but I decided not to run SourceHut mainly because of Drew's comments in the channel. > (ie. Drew) isn't interested in running it in containers, but nothing is stopping you from trying. Yes, he is. I asked in SourceHut's Freenode channel and Drew's comments were literally, "we don't take kindly to your kind around here, don't ask again."
igneo676 6y ago
Depends on your skills: Sourcehut assumes you know your way around Linux and want to spend the time to understand how to host the services you need. The expectation will be that, if you run into issues, you're willing to debug and submit patches if necessary. Alternatives like Gitea/Gogs are hostable as essentially single binaries and have clear guides on how to host on Docker. They're less feature rich, but more widely used in a self hosting context. If you're looking for a middle ground, I've had good luck hosting Gitlab but it will consume more server resources than anything mentioned thus far and be a little more difficult to keep up to date
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Shadonototro 6y ago

they focus on minimalism and they lost in readability and usability

naringas 6y ago
there's an aspect of readability that is in the eye of the reader. I've been thinking about this a lot. often I hear (specially old-guard) hackers talking about easy and simplicity but they really mean it's familiar to them.

kodah 6y ago

I wouldn't. The last time I tried to use their software I asked if anyone had any insights with how to use it in Docker (much of it is written in Python) and the response I got was cringe worthy. I'm just some person on the internet so take that for what you will.

whycombagator 6y ago
> the response I got was cringe worthy How so?
- nerdponx 6y ago
  I assume they were belittled for saying the D word.
chousuke 6y ago
All of the sr.ht software is packaged for Alpine, so you can just install and configure them in your Docker container, the same way you would install and configure them in a VM. There's no push-button magic for it, presumably because SourceHut the company (ie. Drew) isn't interested in running it in containers, but nothing is stopping you from trying. It's different from most Python software in that you're expected to use your OS's package manager and standard service tooling.
- kodah 6y ago
  I did figure this out, but I decided not to run SourceHut mainly because of Drew's comments in the channel. > (ie. Drew) isn't interested in running it in containers, but nothing is stopping you from trying. Yes, he is. I asked in SourceHut's Freenode channel and Drew's comments were literally, "we don't take kindly to your kind around here, don't ask again."

igneo676 6y ago

Depends on your skills: Sourcehut assumes you know your way around Linux and want to spend the time to understand how to host the services you need. The expectation will be that, if you run into issues, you're willing to debug and submit patches if necessary. Alternatives like Gitea/Gogs are hostable as essentially single binaries and have clear guides on how to host on Docker. They're less feature rich, but more widely used in a self hosting context. If you're looking for a middle ground, I've had good luck hosting Gitlab but it will consume more server resources than anything mentioned thus far and be a little more difficult to keep up to date

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