I used Claude Code just yesterday in a similar way: to solve a computer problem that I previously would have tried googling.

I had a 30-year-old file on my Mac that I wanted to read the content of. I had created it in some kind of word processing software, but I couldn’t remember which (Nexus? Word? MacWrite? ClarisWorks? EGWORD?) and the file didn’t have an extension. I couldn’t read its content in any of the applications I have on my Mac now.

So I pointed CC at it and asked what it could tell me about the file. It looked inside the file data, identified the file type and the multiple character encodings in it, and went through a couple of conversion steps before outputting as clean plain text what I had written in 1996.

Maybe I could have found a utility on the web to do the same thing, but CC felt much quicker and easier.

Remember: In all likelihood, your residential ISP does not permit you to operate a server.

Granted, that's rarely enforced, but if you're a stickler for that sort of thing, check your ISP's Acceptable Use Policy.

Great article! I think a paragraph on your backup strategy would make it even more complete and compelling, particularly given you put your passwords and photos in there.

For me the most important benefit is that the agent can keep the docs up to date. When I do a change, I let it document what is changed, how and why.

This is great and echoes my experience. Although I would add a caveat that this mostly applies to solo work. Once you need to collaborate or operate on a team, many of limits of self-hosting return.

Instead of the vibe-admin approach, why not have the LLM write an Ansible playbook? At least its repeatable and auditable that way.

has any one experience using cloudflare tunnels in a (small scale - 5000 user/day) self hosted web service? I just got 2 dynabook XJ-40 (32 gb ram, 512 gb ssd) for 200 usd each and I'm going to replace my DO droplets with them (usd150+ per month). I plan to use cloudflare tunnel to make the service available to the internet without exposing my home network. Any downsides ? (besides that cloudflare will be MITM for the service but it is not a privacy focused business)

I see why this is easy and fun, but is it really "self-hosting" if you are dependent on a $1200 a year AI-service to build and maintain it?

Is everyone just running claude code not even in a container, letting it go wild and change stuff?

To the tailscale promotion team: can you guys please dial it back? The half hidden ads are seriously annoying