Hello, author of the linked blog post here. I actually did another blog post about self-hosted chat platforms (Rocket.Chat in particular) just yesterday: https

Hello, author of the linked blog post here. I actually did another blog post about self-hosted chat platforms (Rocket.Chat in particular) just yesterday: https://blog.kronis.dev/tutorials/lets-run-our-own-chat-platform https://blog.kronis.dev/tutorials/lets-run-our-own-chat-plat... (admittedly, the level of detail and quality of it could be higher, still working on that) Either way, if nothing else, i wanted to drop by and express my agreement with your point about technologies to chat with others, both in video form and otherwise. Personally, i think that both the self-hosted options and the ones available in the cloud (such as Discord) can have a large positive impact on us, especially during the current times. For example, they allow me to embrace a more asynchronous way of work - at my current company, we've essentially replaced the daily stand ups with the Standup & Prosper app (https://standup.teaminator.io/ https://standup.teaminator.io/) and have discussions more freely in the chat channels otherwise, while still having weekly video meetings, which works for us. At the same time, everything from Discord to even WhatsApp lets me keep in touch with my friends and acquaintances, even though we live pretty far away - actually, i've moved to the countryside almost a year ago and somehow it still hasn't felt lonely to me thanks to these technologies (while also having lots of other things to do). I'm not sure precisely why that is, but those platforms somehow feel more enjoyable to me than something like Facebook or Instagram, they allow for a bit smaller and more personal/private conversations, that leave me feeling more socially satisfied than just "shouting into the void". Of course, YouTube is also immensely useful and i can't believe that i forgot to mention 3D printing, even though my printer loves to cause me trouble every now and then: https://blog.kronis.dev/tutorials/how-to-make-your-3d-prints-stick-to-the-base https://blog.kronis.dev/tutorials/how-to-make-your-3d-prints...