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It Took 23 Days for Lemmy Posts to Double from 1 Million to 2 Million in c/fediverse

[–] butternuts 85 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Lemmy does seem to have enough content and user engagement for my needs. I've noticed engagement going up the past month but wasn't sure I was making that up in my head.

I really haven't felt the need to go back to reddit much. But the niche communities could use a lot more users posting and creating new content.

Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck in c/linux_gaming

[–] butternuts 2 points 11 months ago

Not sure how the happened haha. Thanks for the call out!

Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck in c/linux_gaming

Server vs serverless cost perspective in c/aws

[–] butternuts 2 points 11 months ago

For me I really like serverless when I'm trying to build a proof of concept or demo for my personal projects. A lot of the services are on the free tier so I've built many APIs with user auth, websockets, and ton of other features for nothing in price.

Do you have an interesting AWS Story? in c/aws

[–] butternuts 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've got a lot of AWS stories as a consultant working with many companies migrating or modernizing in AWS. Not sure what would be most interesting to hear. My big screwups are usually fun to talk about.

NUC to run Proxmox in c/[email protected]

[–] butternuts 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It depends on what you plan on running and how much RAM each VM would potentially need. I run proxmox on my 11th gen NUC with 64GB of RAM, 8 VMs, 1TB nvme for VMs, and 500GB SSD for OS. I have had no problems for my workloads and have a bit more room for more.

Technology to eliminate "forever chemicals" showing positive results in c/[email protected]

[–] butternuts 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In the meantime you can take steps to potentially limit your exposure to PFASs like drinking filtered water using reverse osmosis. Here's a 2020 study on the different types of filtration and their impact on PFAS:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00004

Easier to digest info and steps can be found on this article:

https://www.vox.com/2022/8/25/23318667/pfas-forever-chemicals-safety-drinking-water

Insular, a FLOSS fork of Island, allows you to isolate privacy invading Android apps and prevent them from running when you don't want them too. in c/[email protected]

[–] butternuts 1 points 11 months ago

I use this with grapheneOS and it provides a great amount of customizability that I want. I've had no problems with the app at all the the past year I've been using it. I keep all the apps that require Google to function locked away and only use them when I absolutely need them. I no longer worry about apps constantly doing god knows what with my data while I go about my daily life.

Dallas ban has Airbnb, short-term rental owners facing tough business decisions in c/dfw

[–] butternuts 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh that's slimy, hopefully you left a review calling them out for that bs

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Server vs serverless cost perspective (www.linkedin.com)

submitted 11 months ago by butternuts to c/aws

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Servers or Serverless - Which is better from a cost perspective?

It really depends upon the use case!

From a financial perspective, it’s a rent vs buy decision.

If a system is used sporadically, then serverless is often cheaper.

If a system is used constantly – serverless can be 10 X more expensive!

You can think of it in the same manner as buying a car vs taking an Uber.

For example – if you live in a city and take ten $25 dollar Uber trips per month the cost is $250

The cost of buying a car, fuel, plus insurance and parking could be $1000 - $2000 per month in most cities.

In the above case – it’s cheaper for this individual to use Uber.

But what happens when a person needs six - $20 Uber trips per day? Now that’s $120 dollars per day or $3600 per month.

In this case, it’s far cheaper to buy a car than to take an Uber.

As a bonus to this second scenario, in the end the person still has the car and can continue to drive the car or sell the asset when the payments are finished.

This is essentially the same calculation of server vs serverless on the cloud.

So, which is better from a cost perspective server or serverless?

It depends upon how the systems are used.

If the systems are used infrequently then serverless is often cheaper. If the systems are used consistently then serverless is much more expensive.

Now you have a fundamental understanding of servers and serverless and their costs.

Opinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others? in c/android

[–] butternuts 33 points 1 year ago

I consider this lazy programming. I've had it happen a few times but luckily it has been rare for me.

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Open Guide to AWS (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by butternuts to c/aws

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Here's a great start into learning AWS.