[dgellow]

Yep, I had the exact same (but in euros), also a discounted m5 in December. I feel pretty lucky with that timing, not that it benefits me in any way but that feels like getting one of the last ticket for a concert

[tempoponet]

I bought an irresponsible pile of homelab equipment in 24/25. Hard drives, SSD, memory, GPUs.

I feel bad for people locked out right now, since it's become more interesting and important than ever.

At the time it seemed wasteful, but I'm happy to report that I'm putting it all to use now.