[pjc50]

This is the "just eat less" dieting advice applied to software.

I understand the desire to grow your own food and bake your own bread, as a response to the onerous, distressing complexity of the systems we live inside, but you have to accept the cost of that being more work and less connection.

[fractalnetworks]

The move towards "growing your own food" or "baking your own bread" in the software sense does not necessarily equate to more work and less connection. On the contrary, it can lead to a deeper understanding and mastery of technology, fostering a sense of empowerment and self-sufficiency. Developing one's software or systems can provide tailored solutions to meet specific needs, which could result in less work in the long run because the tools are perfectly designed for their intended use.

Not to mention platforms like the one we develop makes deploying free software based self-hosted solutions push button, so there really isn't any excuse for sticking to the faceless "crowdware" providers.

[wintogreen74]

>> does not necessarily equate to more work and less connection. On the contrary, it can lead to a deeper understanding and mastery of technology, fostering a sense of empowerment and self-sufficiency.

Those are not alternatives though. It most certainly does mean more work, and even something as good as achieving mastery & empowerment in this area of your life has opportunity cost that might not be worth it for all.