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Not sure - I could hook up an energy monitor and run some math. But, I don't think the marginal internet cost or electricity cost are really much.

I have the m4 pro with 24gb of ram. I wish I had increased the ram to 64gb - I'm at 50% utilization already.

The CPU is more powerful than I need. I didn't pass 8% utilization in the last 24 hours as HN slammed the box.

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Nope

ankane to the rescue, as normal

Here's the core scripts I use for the mac mini. They're a bit raw, but hopefully useful:

https://gist.github.com/philipithomas/ed57890dc2f928658d2c90...

It's hosting a variety of apps - blog (Ghost), plausible analytics, metabase, and soon 3 Rails apps. It's unfortunately running Postgres, MySQL, and Clickhouse.

I self-host analytics on the box (Plausible), which is using more resources than the website. There are a few apps on there, too.

Yup. Cloudflare's typical proxy already handles massive amounts of traffic, so I expect that the marginal cost of this reverse proxy isn't that high.

I do think Cloudflare has proven itself to be very developer/indie-friendly. One of the only tech unicorns that really doesn't impose its morality on customers.

Yeah, the mac minis can have up to 64GB of ram which would support some usable models. However, I accidentally got one with 24gb of ram, and my apps already use 12gbs. So, perhaps I'll get a second box just for LLMs!

Glad it resonated with you!

If you're considering k8s, take a look at Kamal (also from DHH): https://kamal-deploy.org/

I think it makes more sense for small clusters.

I know for sure Shopify, Github, and Gusto are big Rails shops.

Amazon was recently hiring for Rails to work on a podcast app they bought, too.

Not where I am

If only my part of SF had fiber service. #1 city for tech, but I still have to rely on Comcast.

I've noticed that, in agent workflows like Cursor, they're able to use built-in type checkers to correct errors.

With Ruby, it doesn't have as much information, so it has to rely on testing or linters for feedback.

Have you checked out Hotwired? https://hotwired.dev

This book has a good intro with more advanced patterns: https://railsandhotwirecodex.com/

This Youtube series was doing some cool things integrating TipTap, but never finished:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWfyffFWbDI

I outline two in the article:

1. One-person software project

2. Complex enterprise app with lots of tables, like a vendor management system.

Perhaps some day.

My shorter-term goal is to switch my home internet to Starlink, so that all requests bounce off a satellite before landing at my desk.

Pirsig-style "chautauquas" are my writing goals

Not really . . . Cloudflare Always Online, mostly.

I had 2m35s of downtime due to power outages this week.

Yeah, but there's Plausible Analytics self-hosted on the mac mini that's getting more of the load right now.

Ah - I took that photo on the way to Mount Olympus Park, which is one of my favorite little parks in SF. It has an interesting history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus_(San_Francisco)

For the hundreds of people reading this article right now - you might be amused to know that you're accessing it from a mac mini on my desk:

https://www.contraption.co/a-mini-data-center/

(The CPU load from this is pretty negligible).

If you normalize for for market cap, I think it's a reasonable assumption. But, yeah - maybe it's a bit inflated.

Yeah, I agree.

Too many degrees of freedom can degrade an experience, if not used properly.

I was in a similar spot, but then I got a free battery replacement through Applecare [1], so I've stuck with it.

[1] "Your product is eligible for a battery replacement at no additional cost if you have AppleCare+ and your product's battery holds less than 80% of its original capacity." https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-replacement

Perhaps I'll finally update my 13 mini. I've been holding out hope that Apple will release another small form factor phone, but this may be the closest they will get.

And the wing is missing

I think this is relevant because of the banking and coin discussions. There are remarkably few authorization protections on bank accounts.