[BeetleB]

Are you saying there are never backward incompatible changes?

Are you saying there's no need to back up the underlying DB?

Are you saying I can keep an insurance running for, say, three years and it'll be trivial to upgrade after that?

[hamdingers]

I'm saying your contribution is outdated and irrelevant, and my primary intention in commenting is to label it as such for any passers-by who might think you're talking about the current state Immich.

That sad, I'm happy to answer your questions. I've run Immich in docker for 3 years with automatic updates through watchtower. Updates are frequent but require no effort from me and have never broken anything, nor is there an "update script" to fail. Nor have I encountered "corruption" at any point. I do back up the database and my photo library.

I'm glad you're happy with your solution, you can share it without disparaging other solutions you're unfamiliar with.

[BeetleB]

I'm glad you're happy with it, and perhaps Immich will continue to remain secure. 3 years is comforting.

I will note that the last solution I used was fine for over a decade before it broke (and eventually the project died). For much of the time I was using it, it was the primary open source self hosting solution.

So one of my criteria is: "If the project dies, can I maintain it?" Obviously, I can't use that approach for everything (limited skills and time) - I do use NextCloud, for instance (which, BTW, is fairly painful for some of the reasons I listed above). But wherever I can (and wherever it's important), it's best to develop your own stack.

Best to think in the long term. But yes, for sure, there are down sides to my approach.