Let's be totally clear: the selfhosting community is incredible. Hundreds of people have poured their hearts and countless hours into tools for cordcutters, archivists, and enthusiasts of all stripes, overwhelmingly open-sourced.
This is what the internet is about. It's a movement that offers a real, tangible alternative to the enshittification and surveillance marching its way into our digital lives.
There's just one thing I'd change, if I could.
It was cute at first. Arrrr! It's fun and distinctive! And most of the early projects were forked from each other, anyway, and largely run by the same people.
And once it picked up steam, why not jump aboard? Now everyone knows intuitively what ecosystem your project belongs to, and sometimes even exactly what it does.
But friends, we're running out of nouns that make any sense. And we're scraping the bottom of the barrel. I know you know what I'm talking about.
This is a call-in, not a callout. If you vibecoded a tool yesterday that helps weasel aficionados manage their collection of weasel videos and you called it Weaselarr, I still love you.
We just have to put our foot down someday. And today is that day.