Hacker News Reader

You are absolutely right. Apple quit the Server buisness when they killed the Xserve, and relying on Macs as servers is really a bad idea given their support interval for macOS. Seems the author is very angry that his next server cannot be a fancy Apple device.

View on HN

>fancy

You don't need this part. Per the article, it is a brand the author knows and has used reliably in the past, and has some knowledge of - you don't need to belittle his choices as fanboyism.

I'm easing into it :-)

I'd suggest looking at a replacement solution around an open filesystem. Then, even if the world moves on to other technologies, you still have the source you can update or even hire someone to maintain.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com