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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • I just read the article, it’s actually pretty interesting.

    The TL;DR is that there is so much observable data out there (exponentially more than expected), that Datadog, which isn’t optimized to deal with that, caused their prices to need to hike.

    There are two options listed as alternatives:

    1. Self host but it might not be cheaper
    2. Buy into a company that is from the ground up focusing on dealing with that massive amount of data.


  • It’s an insight because many people can’t drop thousands on top of the line gear. Yes streaming is expensive, but if a family has disposable income, odds are they’re going to go for the lower hanging fruit and just get the streaming package, because the alternative is saving for X months/years for parts that are going to be useful, yes, but also completely wipe out savings.


  • I feel that. One of my first raspberry pi projects was a magic mirror, it’s basically a pi hooked up to a display and you can program in modules to display custom data, like a weather forecast for your area along with your Google calendar showing the upcoming appointments.

    I’d say a raspberry pi 4B with at least 2GB of ram is fine, but upping the ram will let you do more with it.

    Docker projects are also fun, like making a pihole.

    These projects have lots of documentation and support, so you’re always a Google search away from help.



  • I commend you on taking your own entertainment in your hands, but I also find it ironic that you cancelled your streaming services which cost nowhere near 4 grand. If you drop 50 a month on subscriptions, it would take about 6.6 years to spend 4 grand, but it’s much more complex than that and I totally think that a gaming setup is worth so much more than streaming so I get it.