Notices by C S (claus@hachyderm.io)

@badnetmask @homelab systems that build consensus based on quorum (and that includes etcd) require (n/2)+1 nodes to be present to prevent split brain situations.

You can still have 2 nodes, but you should ensure that it's master+worker and not master+master.

@badnetmask @ChrisShort But there's still the matter of installing all the necessary tooling and services - packages, Flatpaks, etc.

@skinnylatte this post is now responsible for my search history containing "whale genital warts."

Every so often the question arises whether #OpenSource is a viable business model, and every time I struggle more to find examples as the likes of RedHat and Hashicorp stray further from it. But it finally clicked for me that open source is not a business model, but a social contract. In terms of economics it fits less into capitalism and more into socialism, where the goal is not profitability but to promote a healthy ecosystem that can support the smaller players.