Techies self host a Kubernetes cluster on their server rack at home. They set up completely isolated IoT devices with no access to the internet. They host their own Lemmy instance. Setup their own pirated Netflix using Jellyfin.
Someone who retreats to the forest because they are too scared of technology are most definitely not techies.
I do my own tech stuff so do some of my friends but it’s a very niche thing compared to the majority of people who describe themselves as “techies”. Many more are the types I described.
Being able to host my own shit is the reason I haven’t abandoned it altogether and I’m still on the verge of giving it all up and living in the woods. Things in tech are not improving for us.
Gargling corporate nutsack every time they release a new smartphone and rushing to install the latest spyware in your home doesn’t make you a techie.
I know a game developer who works for Roblox who sends me Twitter links all the time and uses copilot. Blows my mind.
Tell me more!
He also uses… an iPhone shudder
It’s always interesting what you can learn about people based on what they immediately assume about others.
They never said that is what techies do.
Techies self host a Kubernetes cluster on their server rack at home. They set up completely isolated IoT devices with no access to the internet. They host their own Lemmy instance. Setup their own pirated Netflix using Jellyfin.
Someone who retreats to the forest because they are too scared of technology are most definitely not techies.
I do my own tech stuff so do some of my friends but it’s a very niche thing compared to the majority of people who describe themselves as “techies”. Many more are the types I described.
Being able to host my own shit is the reason I haven’t abandoned it altogether and I’m still on the verge of giving it all up and living in the woods. Things in tech are not improving for us.
Some techies do that. Others really nerd out over smart watches. There’s no single type of techie.