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.
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.