I've switched email providers a few times, but I bought a custom domain and use that as my email address. Which makes switching providers easy. I'm sure I don't need to mention that in a Privacy community, but figured I would anyway.

I went from an @gmail, to @proton (then bought the domain), then switched to Fastmail with same domain.

Notesnook is an option that has a web-client as well as apps for pretty much any OS. They do have a free tier, but several features are hidden behind a paywall, so be aware of that.

If you're not paying for sync services and cautious about which community plugins you choose, what is the risk factor? Genuinely asking, not being a contrarian on purpose.

I've stuck with Obsidian for the simple reason that the file format is a folder of plain text files. So data extraction if I decide to leave to another app is easy. Joplin changes the text file names and adds metadata to each file which is no good in my use case. So I've skipped it.

I thought the general consensus was to not bundle your 2fa and pwd manager. If your master password is compromised then they have both authentication methods.

FWIW, I've been really happy with Aegis for my 2fa needs. Still using Bitwarden but they seem to be ripe for some enshittification in the near future so I'm cautiously looking into Vaultwarden, then Keepass.

I've been seeing small bands play locally. I love metal and all it's sub-genres and my town has been absolutely stacked for smaller shows this year.

I saw Hippie Death Cult and The Obsessed in a tiny venue for $22/ticket and even got to meet some of the members of the bands as they were walking around or working the merch booth.

I've got at least 2 concerts each month for the rest of the year and may fit more in if I can.

Hell, even the most expensive show I went to was $50/ticket and that was for Alcest, Deafheaven, and Mastodon (favorite band of all time). It was absolutely mind blowing and I'm still buzzing from the "high".

I should note I'm 3 years sober from alcohol and have struggled with crippling social anxiety and panic attacks over the years. I'm using these events as exposure therapy (along with actual therapy) to social situations and knowing that I can leave at anytime helps to avoid the uncomfortable cyclical anxiety loop I was getting caught in. It's actually been enlightening how much I've been able to enjoy and has made a massive positive impact on my life.

Immich for sure. Which a bunch of people have already suggested.

That said, make sure you also invest the time and energy into a proper 3-2-1 backup strategy:

• 3 copies: your primary pool of data (Immich library) and at least two backup copies
• 2 different media types: SSD/NVMe as well as HDD NAS (as an example)
• 1 copy off-site: cloud backup and/or another server located at a friend's house

How I do it:

• Immich lives on my Unraid server which is 3x14TB spinning HDDs (two arrray disks and one parity)
• NIghtly backup to another small server in same physical area as Unraid server but using NVMe storage
• Nightly backup to yet another small server with NVMe storage at a family members house
• Nightly backup to Backblaze B2 storage

Sounds like a lot but was affordable (not so much anymore because of AI driving the cost of PC parts through the roof. Both of the "other" servers are cheap PCs. One is a Raspberry Pi 4 running on a 2.5" SSD rather than microSD. The other is an old Lenovo Thinkcentre micro PC that I paid $60 for at a computer recycling place.

B2 storage is pretty affordable. I pay around $5/mo for just my photos/videos. It's less than 1TB currently. There are heaps of other cloud storage options. B2 just seemed to fit well for me. Worth noting that up until recently, you had to either encrypt the data yourself before sending to Backblaze or have them do it for you, but that meant they had the encryption keys. They just implemented always on encryption though. But again, they have the keys. So I encrypt it before sending it off.

Long winded explanation. But early in my family's digital picture journey I had a close call and thought I lost wedding, honeymoon, and early baby pics due to a computer crash. Since then I've been more cautious and thoughtful.

I'm only concerned about my Immich library right now. It's hosted on a local Unraid server. Nightly I have a flat file backup rcloned to another local server and a micro PC at my parent's house. Once a week Duplicacy does a chunked encrypted backup to Backblaze B2.

I'm messing around with some other backup software though. Not super happy with Duplicacy but it's working for now.

You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting.

For the people that say their junk is clean from shower, do y'all not get swamp crotch like at all? Just stays clean and dry down there all day no matter what? Lucky bastards if so, but I find that highly unbelievable. And no errant droppage after going? Resheath and "oh no! Strays hit the ultra clean barrier!"?

I've been using Duplicacy. I pay for the GUI because I still struggle with CLI-only tools.

Interested to see what others suggest though.

What does the profile switching look like on Graphene? I see people talk about it but haven't seen it touched on as far as day to day usage. I just bought a pixel and am curious to try it out.

I can see some value using AI. I treat it like a search engine, since Google, DDG, Bing, etc all seem to suck now favoring ads and purchased result slots rather than finding what you're looking for. Using AI helps since it's doing several searches for you. But as others have said, the results can be flawed, particularly when searching for niche topics.

I have zero coding experience and used ChatGPT (I think) to vibe code a simple battery GUI for my Thinkpad running linux since the OS version I had would not display the internal and external batteries separately. Technically it worked, but it looked and ran like ass.

Ultimately I think it falls apart when things go wrong and trying to coax the robot to help you get your way out of trouble, which can be very problematic.