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It's not really a matter of ability, rather a matter of focus. You sure can maintain your own IRC server, the same way you can maintain your own Git server. Bu
by hunvreus 13y ago
It's not really a matter of ability, rather a matter of focus.
You sure can maintain your own IRC server, the same way you can maintain your own Git server. But it's probably a waste of time when you know that you have free or cheap alternatives (Gmail, GitHub, Mailchimp): stuff breaks, and even if you can fix it doesn't mean you should.
I outsource stuff that I depend on and don't want to waste time maintaining: email, online storage, some collaboration tools...
- opendais 13y agoFair enough. I guess I took the struggle + QoS comment and ran with that. :)
- hunvreus 13y agoFair enough; outsourcing is not always an option (or convenient). I actually find GitLab pretty compelling. If you're into mailpile, you should support them for the Knight Foundation News Challenge: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/feedback-review/mailpile-secure-e-mail-for-the-masses https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/feedback-review.... Personally, I assume that I wouldn't be able to do a better job at securing stuff up on my own, but it is an interesting project nonetheless. And if you still have 5 minutes to kill, check out Carbon Folder, my team's entry: https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/carbon-folder-decentralized-content-management https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/car...
- opendais 13y agoI maintain our internal GitLab instance so I definitely agree with that. :) I'll take a look at yours, I already did the Mailpile bit.