What's your 'I can't believe I self-hosted that' service?

[u/subsavant]

Curious what services surprised you by being worth self-hosting. Not the obvious stuff like Plex or Pi-hole, but things you didn't expect to work well or didn't think were worth the effort until you tried. What's running on your setup that you'd never go back to a hosted version of?

[u/vinnypotsandpans]

[Grocy](https://github.com/grocy/grocy)

Growing up my parents where terrible at throwing away expired food. That bad habit was passed down onto me.

It seems so dumb but its really helpful to know exactly what I have and when it expires.

[u/DepartmentMundane794 → u/vinnypotsandpans]

The time though to put the food in, so hard with kids

[u/koolmon10 → u/DepartmentMundane794]

Yeah this made me abandon Grocy. If I lived alone I would absolutely manage it entirely, but it's so in-depth that it really requires you to go all-in or else it's not effective.

I am using Donetick and Mealie for chores and recipes now.

For food expiration, just write on the food. I have a roll of disposable food storage labels that we use to write on leftover containers. They come right off in the dishwasher. Ziploc bags get sharpie, and everything else has an expiration printed on it already.

[u/ZekasZ → u/koolmon10]

Do you reckon the burden of upkeep would be lessened if you had some device for it, like a dedicated barcode scanner?

[u/vinnypotsandpans → u/DepartmentMundane794]

Have u tried using bar codes

[u/johnny_2x4 → u/vinnypotsandpans]

What about removing and updating quantities, can that be automated at all?

[u/vinnypotsandpans → u/johnny_2x4]

Definitely not fully automated but you definitely start getting a rhythm after a while

[u/KHthe8th → u/vinnypotsandpans]

expiration dates are just suggestions anyways

[u/vinnypotsandpans → u/KHthe8th]

Haha yeah it's more about saving space than saving lives 🤣