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I think this may be overlooking the primary benefit of IRCCloud: This is a service that makes it someone else's problem. I ran a bouncer for a while, but hones

by gtaylor 13y ago

I think this may be overlooking the primary benefit of IRCCloud: This is a service that makes it someone else's problem. I ran a bouncer for a while, but honestly, it's really nice being able to pay these guys a few bucks and have them deal with it. It has a matching Android app, and the transition between my various machines is very smooth. But really, the main reason I use them is because I don't have to mess with running a bouncer or using a console-based IRC client. It's one less piece of mental clutter for me.

callahad 13y ago
I've been wondering about this effect... is everyone else feeling it? I'm loathe to use anything other than a static site generator. Managing a database feels burdensome. I'd hardly think of running my own mailserver. All things I've done in the past without a second thought. Do I just have less time? Are the services just better? Or is something more fundamental changing in the fabric of the web? (Maybe this is what the indieweb folks are trying to harken back to?)
- ywyrd 13y ago
  Because anything that requires running a database is burdensome, and even those of us who roll our own services are becoming less patient with software that requires hand-holding just to walk.
- gtaylor 13y ago
  Some call it laziness, but I like to think of it more as simplification. I used to run a handful of VMs for various things, did a lot more myself, and maintained it all. I don't feel like doing that anymore. I'd rather spend the time on something else.
- lloeki 13y ago
  From my experience, it's all a matter of balance between the time needed to set up and maintain your system vs the burden to coerce someone else's system to behave† the way you want. † behavior covers both technical (features, compatibility...) and ideological (privacy, openness...) areas.

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I think this may be overlooking the primary benefit of IRCCloud: This is a service that makes it someone else's problem. I ran a bouncer for a while, but hones

by gtaylor 13y ago

callahad 13y ago
I've been wondering about this effect... is everyone else feeling it? I'm loathe to use anything other than a static site generator. Managing a database feels burdensome. I'd hardly think of running my own mailserver. All things I've done in the past without a second thought. Do I just have less time? Are the services just better? Or is something more fundamental changing in the fabric of the web? (Maybe this is what the indieweb folks are trying to harken back to?)
- ywyrd 13y ago
  Because anything that requires running a database is burdensome, and even those of us who roll our own services are becoming less patient with software that requires hand-holding just to walk.
- gtaylor 13y ago
  Some call it laziness, but I like to think of it more as simplification. I used to run a handful of VMs for various things, did a lot more myself, and maintained it all. I don't feel like doing that anymore. I'd rather spend the time on something else.
- lloeki 13y ago
  From my experience, it's all a matter of balance between the time needed to set up and maintain your system vs the burden to coerce someone else's system to behave† the way you want. † behavior covers both technical (features, compatibility...) and ideological (privacy, openness...) areas.