pihole has got the best UX for DNS management hands down. it’s easy, not overly complicated, and perfect for entry-level selfhosting.

the fact that it actively blocks ads is a bonus.

yay! now all they have to do is plant or falsely charge you with possession of fentanyl and you’re listed as a terrorist, deported via NSPM-7, and disappeared forever.

/s

prepare yourselves, nerds! buy your woodworking and farming tools now before those go up too!

if we all just turn off from the internet and technology in general, AI won’t have content to steal from or a market to sell it to.

this is the way.

I do not recommend using a seven year old as a server for the following reasons.

1. their parents will get mad
2. the neighbors might call the police about all the children you have racked in your basement
3. they have poor computing power, wait until they’re at least in their late teens (although software updates come too late and the system is usually very unstable at that time.)
4. think of the smell! your house will smell like a kindergarten
5. food costs are already high enough, add two or four growing kids to that budget and it’s far cheaper to run a couple Dell R610s every month.

overall, not worth it mate. good luck though!

aged like a corpse in a bathtub more like it.