There are so many options to get started with self hosting that I feel myself stuck in the “paralysis of choice”. For a novice, does anyone have a good resource for the equivalent of good/better/best paths that cover the “basics” (In my mind this is hosting images, music, video, connected home controls, search and email)?
Thinking something like first try path A, if you feel comfortable and your HW can handle A, then try path B, etc. I guess a it of a tutorial mode feeling where you get exposed to key boxing blocks initially and then you are released into the large open world on your own.
I know the advantage of this movement is the choice and the well distributed variety, but just feels hard to start.
I have an old laptop, an SFF workstation and a NAS to play with.
Any suggestions?
Edit: Thank you all for a very generous response. I knew this was a tough ask from the start because, by design, this area is vast and constantly evolving. A lot of great starting points here that I’m now considering.
Hey Hey Hey! There you are again. Good to see ya. Yes, I’m the guy, in well over his head, with the JSON weather project, and there have been a lot of kind and patient people holding my hand and trying to spoon feed the village idiot. LOL I’m very grateful tho.
It works for me like I said. Kind of a manual Olive Tin, before I even heard of Olive Tin. Some might find it rather silly, but my mind is shit at remembering. If it weren’t for copious amounts of notes and crutches all over the place, I’d be lost in the weeds.