Date: 2019-06-17
Title: The homebrewserver.club principles
url: fundamentals-manifesto.html
save_as: fundamentals-manifesto.html
Summary: The homebrewserver.club principles
Status: published
Category: fundamentals
slug: 006

## THE HOMEBREWSERVER.CLUB:  

### 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.

It can be tough to learn about self-hosting so we recommend doing it with some other people who are interested in it.

### Promotes approaches, not apps

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.

### Is a 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 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.