thunderstruck (u/thunderstruck)

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: Cloud vs. Edge Computing–Why Choose a Local NAS? · Posted by u/thunderstruck

Snuupy · 7 months ago

Cloud vs. Edge: Why choose a local NAS over iCloud, OneDrive, etc.? Cost, privacy, performance?

Cost, privacy, sometimes performance, mostly because I can run it the way I want it to, so control

Use Case: What tasks would your NAS handle? Jellyfin, Frigate, backups, AI/ML?

My current NAS does all of it, jellyfin, home assistant, backups, LLMs, all the docker apps, etc.

Performance: How key is CPU power, power efficiency, or upgradability (e.g., PCIe slots)? Your LAN speed (1, 2.5, 10, 25 Gbps)?

I have multiple minipcs, 7840HS, N150, etc. NAS is a 5825U. Don't care about pcie slots, can always get an egpu dock if I want later and the 780M is "good enough" for LLMs especially since vram is no longer the limiter with GTT (can do ~112GB VRAM on a 7840/8845HS w/ 128GB RAM if one wants to, but t/s is slow)

LAN speed is just gigabit. If I wanted to upgrade I could get a 2.5gbe managed switch but I just don't currently see the need to. Keeping it simple where I can.

Storage: Preferred drive bay count (2, 6, 8+)? NVMe cache for reads/writes? Ideal capacity (10 TB, 50 TB+)?

4-6

no nvme cache needed, but nvme storage pool used for current NAS.

capacity doesn't matter, can buy/shuck/get used enterprise drives myself.

OS: TrueNAS, Unraid, OpenMediaVault, Linux, or no preference? TrueNAS because ZFS. Or give me a ceph option.

Design: Appearance matter? Displayed or hidden? I don't like trashcan look, synology form factor is nice/aesthetic.

Budget: Ideal price (excluding drives)?

$300-500

Pain Points: What frustrates you about NAS or cloud solutions? Killer feature to switch?

NAS: coil whine, poor QC, no PCIe slot (or it costs way too much)

cloud: subscription hell

switch: already use self-hosted minipcs/NAS.

Your thoughts will build a better NAS. Would you back this on Kickstarter? Thanks!

No, for multiple reasons:

unless you have something unique to bring to the table that aoostar/ugreen/etc. have not brought to the table yet, and

don't do a kickstarter, it has historically been full of scams (such as storaxa if you look them up). Put it on a platform that guarantees a product for money such as a shopify storefront, etc.

thunderstruck · 7 months ago

Thanks for your feedback. I will explore alternative to kickstarter as well.

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: Cloud vs. Edge Computing–Why Choose a Local NAS? · Posted by u/thunderstruck

piqufoh · 7 months ago

> But what are the real trade-offs of edge vs. cloud?

Maintenance - having to fix a networking issue when the kids want to watch their cartoons and you're halfway making dinner. Or when you're away for the weekend and your partner can't connect to the photo server.

When you pay for an online service you're also paying for someone to fix things for you.

thunderstruck · 7 months ago

True, when it breaks. It's annoying. Netflix has its own issues as well.

My small setup with 1gbps internet tunneled via cloudflare is super handy to be honest. Jellyfin, Frigate works with over 2 months of uptime without issue so far.

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: Cloud vs. Edge Computing–Why Choose a Local NAS? · Posted by u/thunderstruck

victorbjorklund · 7 months ago

Cloud vs. Edge: Cost and performance.

Use Case: Mainly storage but probably also jellyfin, and some ligher apps. Not really AI.

Performance: How key is CPU power, power efficiency, or upgradability (e.g., PCIe slots)?

For me power efficiency and noise would be important. Of course a better CPU is nice.

Your LAN speed (1, 2.5, 10, 25 Gbps)?

10Gbps at least.

Storage: Preferred drive bay count (2, 6, 8+)? NVMe cache for reads/writes? Ideal capacity (10 TB, 50 TB+)?

6 bays + nvme ofr cache.

OS: TrueNAS, Unraid, OpenMediaVault, Linux, or no preference?

Not sure

Design: Appearance matter? Displayed or hidden?

Doesnt matter that much but smaller better.

Budget: Ideal price (excluding drives)?

600 usd

Pain Points: What frustrates you about NAS or cloud solutions? Killer feature to switch?

Would be pretty cool to easily be able to expand bays. Lets say you got 4 bays. And you can then buy some case that connects to the main unit and lets you add additional storage.

thunderstruck · 7 months ago

Thank you for your answer. Additional drives can be connected via USB. There are 4/5 bay case SATA to USB, some models come with RAID controller as well.

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: How would you launch a privacy-first, Instagram-like social network? · Posted by u/thunderstruck

nicce · a year ago

> One challenge I'm anticipating is attracting celebrities and influencers who are already established on Instagram and TikTok.

I would rather like to see the solving the problem of not attracting any celebrities or influencers , or companies and just getting normal people for social connections, like Facebook was originally. This is the hard problem.

Money and fame usually destroys the platform in the end, as it aims for endless competition and rule breaking.

thunderstruck · a year ago

That’s an interesting perspective—thanks for sharing it! My thought was that having celebrities and influencers could help generate revenue in some way.

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: How would you launch a privacy-first, Instagram-like social network? · Posted by u/thunderstruck

zadler · a year ago

I’ve built a social network that has an influencer -> audience model in order to not rely on advertiser revenue. Im trying to figure out the getting users but now.

I’d suggest that the answer is not how to attract celebrities but in the first instance how to attract any users. My platform is novel and interesting and even then it’s not easy.

thunderstruck · a year ago

Interesting. Please share the link to your network.

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: How would you launch a privacy-first, Instagram-like social network? · Posted by u/thunderstruck

sfmz · a year ago

What does privacy-first mean? Don't socials already have two modes: public-post and friend-post? Celebrities are public figures, why would they want a privacy in this scenario?

thunderstruck · a year ago

By privacy-first, I mean that I won’t segment users based on their behavior for any purpose. There will be no ads on the network.

I hadn’t yet thought through specifics like “friend-post” or “public-post” modes, or whether non-users would be able to view public posts without an account.

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: How would you launch a privacy-first, Instagram-like social network? · Posted by u/thunderstruck

codingdave · a year ago

Why would you build it?

That isn't being snarky, it is the question you need to answer. Why would people join it? What problem are you solving for them? Why are celebrities and influencers on those platforms to begin with?

When you can detail out those answers, those answers tell you what you need to do to launch. You have to match the table stakes of existing platforms, which means you need to know not only what those are, but why they are important to the userbase.

I suspect you'll find that your drive for privacy-first is going to be well-received in theory, but not a match for why people join such platforms. But you'll need to do the research to figure out such things.

thunderstruck · a year ago

Thanks for your comment! Honestly, I didn’t expect anyone to respond to such a vague post.

The reason I’d build this platform is to help people connect without the distractions of sponsored content or random memes. I stopped using Facebook about seven years ago because I wanted a space where I could simply engage with the people in my network and their thoughts. AdBlock helped for a while, but eventually, my feed filled with random posts from pages I hadn’t followed. I understand that Facebook’s goal is to keep users engaged, but the constant noise led me to switch to Instagram. Unfortunately, Instagram went down a similar path, especially with the rise of Reels.

Now, I mainly use WhatsApp groups to stay connected.

Why are celebrities and influencers on those platforms to begin with?

I considered a model where users could pay to access celebrity posts. It sounds similar to OnlyFans, but I see it as a potential revenue stream or, alternatively, a way to support a fixed monthly fee in exchange for privacy.

thunderstruck commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021) · Posted by u/whoishiring

thunderstruck · 5 years ago

Intrepid Ecommerce Services | Senior Python Developer | Bangkok, Thailand | Full-time, Onsite/Flexible

We are looking for a python developer to build features on top of our scalable serverless platform. You will be reporting to VP of Engineering.

What we are looking for: - Proficient in git

- Experience in software engineering for 3+ years

- Experience in programming Python or Go

- Experience in any cloud platform AWS/Azure/GCP

- Knowledge of distributed systems, serverless systems is a bonus

- Experience in Google APIs, Facebook APIs is a bonus

- Ability to work individually and as a team. Good in communications

- Good in English

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