But have you repeatedly tried every freakin’ open-source project management tool out there multiple times just to have the chef’s-kiss perfect todo list?

If you have, then we can sit together. :)

So effin’ impressive. Seriously.

Self dealing since I have two brand new ones for sale on /r/homelabsales but: I’ve used the Gigabyte Brix Extreme for exactly this use case.

• 64gb of RAM? Check.
• I had mine loaded with a 2tb NVME and 2tb SSD, but if I wanted to yank the wifi/Bluetooth card, I could have added an additional NVME.
• 2.5gb ethernet

Take a look at my post history if you want to save some only on one (or two!).

Well, the budget is $0 at the experimental stage – we wanted to see what we could achieve by throwing a lot of RAM at the problem.

If we have to add a GPU, Yeah, we have access to the server. Current box would accommodate a Gen3 PCIe, FHHL slot. Frankly, if we have to invest in a GPU, we’ll also upgrade the whole server to a later-gen/more-powerful CPU, NVME storage, etc.

Calendly. I wantwantwant to self-host Cal.com, but the only way I’ve ever made it work is via Cloudron. And if I’m gonna pay for Cloudron? I might as well just pay for Calendly.

Amazon SES is a virtually zero-cost solution for SMTP. You can set up a smart relay on your mail server or simply have users plug in the SES SMTP.

The Exim mail server used in the free Hestia control panel also allows for using local SMTP or relayed SMTP on a per-dimain basis.

If it’s a student t or teacher, you’re gonna have to threaten/sue the school rather than the individual.

Source: Me, who tried to sue a principal.