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They can, but I can encrypt it so they won't be able to access anything

• full disk encryption!
• being independent of big corp
• generally like DIY
• more levels for tinkering when I want to
• cheaper, especially storage
• not reliant on their support (had some issue once that took months for Hetzner to resolve and I couldn't do anything about it)

What are you doing with that much space?

It's a tool that checks and corrects metadata for your music collection. You can also import music with it to your collection (it will put everything in the right folders etc).

It does require some manual intervention now and then, though (do you really want to apply this despite some discrepancies? Choose, which of these albums it really is. Etc).

If you like, check GoAccess on the Caddy Files. You can watch them through that instead of less/cat/whatever to see a nice Dashboard. It helps getting a better overview IMHO.

How did you approach the logging?

Forgejo is developing ActivityPub support, so eventually we'll be able to collaborate across forgejo instances :) I'll have a look at tangled as well

Are you using the rack already? Many people are opting for 10" racks for their homelabs these days. There's 3D printable enclosures for many thin clients and mini PCs. Minilab is the go-to term. This is mine if you're interested

How does that help with lots of photos with annotations?

That's what I'm currently implementing. Here's a cool guide: https://nickcunningh.am/blog/how-to-automate-version-updates-for-your-self-hosted-docker-containers-with-gitea-renovate-and-komodo

I'm using beets but it's mostly a manual process.

Check this comment/it's comments as well: https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/comment/189300

CDs take quite some space once you have more than like 50. Selling them after ripping in large quantities is a lot of work. I wouldn't buy CDs unless I'm really into the physical medium (nothing wrong with that - sadly, most downloads lack high res artworks, booklets etc).