We privilege general approaches over particular software applications. We try to contextualize our technical choices socially, politically and economically to provide in-depth understanding and prevent The Best Way™ solutionism. For these reasons we like free and open source software as a starting point and try to provide documentation for others to learn as well.
### Takes the 'home' in homebrewserver.club literally and the 'self' in self-hosting figuratively.
That means we try to host from our homes rather than from data centers and we try to host for and with our communities rather than just for ourselves.
## Make space for learning together
Primarily the homebrewserver.club wants to be a space for learning together. This either means that you are knowledgable about a topic and willing to share or that you are curious and willing to learn. We are all about the long route that provides grounded understandings instead of mindlessly copy pasting things into the terminal to install software via $current_hip_framework.
It can be tough to learn about self-hosting so we recommend doing it with some other people who are interested in it.
## Yes, We’re Config™
We try help each other out out but we can’t do the work for you. We’re Config, meaning we’re comfy with figuring things out and making mistakes. We take pleasure in researching configurations and in the struggle of getting things working. We gladly lend you a helping hand, but we won’t be able to hold your hand through the whole process.
### Promotes approaches, not apps
## Serve from constraints
Having a homebrew server means owning up to the fact that you are serving from constraints. You don’t have the fastest connection. You use as little power as possible. Your server is some spare laptop you had lying around. You want as little maintenance or worrying as possible. You’re not on 24/7 stand by if there is an issue. All of that is perfectly ok. Knowing this influences our choices in terms of what to run and how.
We privilege general approaches over particular software applications. We try to contextualize our technical choices to provide in-depth understanding and prevent The Best Way™ solutionism. For these reasons we like free and open source software and documentation.
## Be an amateur
What works for data centers and the industry does not necessarily work for homebrew servers. As such, the homebrewserver.club documentation won’t be exhaustive. We rather intend to add to existing on-line knowledge, particularly from the perspective of the homebrew server admin.
### Is a space for learning together
## Embrace the Feminist Server Manifesto
We subscribe to the principles of the [Feminist Server Manifesto](https://areyoubeingserved.constantvzw.org/Summit_afterlife.xhtml) forwarded by our friends at Constant, a non-profit, artist-run organisation based in Brussels active in the fields of art, media and technology.
Primarily the homebrewserver.club wants to be a space for learning together. This either means that you are knowledgable about a topic and are willing to share or are curious and willing to learn. We are about the long route that provides grounded contextual understandings instead of just copy pasta into the terminal to install things via `$current_hip_framework`.
### Yes, We're Config™
We try help each other out out but we can't do the work for you. We're Config, meaning we're comfy with figuring things out. We take pleasure in researching configurations and in the struggle of getting things working. We gladly lend you a helping hand, but we won't be able to hold your hand through the whole process.
### Serves from constraints
Having a homebrew server means owning up to the fact that you are serving from constraints. You don't have the fastest connection. You use as little power as possible. Your server is some spare laptop you had lying around. You want as little maintenance or worrying as possible. You're not on 24/7 standby if there is an issue. All of that is perfectly ok and we know that it does influence our choices in terms of what to run and how.
### Is a bunch of amateurs
What works for data centers and the industry does not necessarily work for homebrew servers. As such, the homebrewserver.club documentation won't be exhaustive but rather intends to add to existing on-line knowledge, particularly from the perspective of the homebrew server admin.
### Embraces the Feminist Server Manifesto
link or direct quote?
### Aspires to broaden participation
By publishing guides and tutorials, the homebrewserver.club hopes to provide the means for diverse communities to learn how to set up and run their server according to their needs, goals and principles.
## Aspire to broaden participation
By publishing guides and tutorials, we hope to facilitate the means for diverse communities to learn how to set up and run their server according to their needs, goals and principles. For us, this means our channels of communication are an harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, sexual characteristics, disability, age or technological ability. Individuals promoting bigotry will be removed from the channels.
lidia pereira
5 years ago