Lisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)

I just spent hours shaving a yak while trying to get a self-hosted bookmark manager / archiver set up in Docker on our NAS. Worked my way through all the various setup issues (my first time using Docker, Syno's utility makes it both easier and harder), and the damn thing failed during first user registration with a database error. That there's already an open issue for in GitHub. From 2022. 😠

Computers were a mistake.

In related news, anyone successfully self-hosting a bookmark solution similar to [Unmark](https://unmark.it)?

#OpenSource #Fail #FML

Unmark - The to do app for bookmarks.

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Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)Nov 23
(Most of my frustration here is that I feel like a caveman looking at a nuclear reactor. I'd love to try to debug my own problem, but I don't even know where to start! I managed to work in tech for 30 years without ever learning to code - networking and security from layer 8 down. And I just don't have the energy to try to teach myself enough SQLite and PHP to dig into this. I'd rather spend that time outdoors, at this point...)
Show threadviharmNov 22

@llorenzin

i have an instance of #xBrowserSync running for a few years. The project hasn't seen much change, but it works for me.

I think there's another project which uses Nextcloud as backend (can't remember the name).

Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)Nov 23
@viharm I'm glad xBrowserSync is working well for you!
I looked at that before trying to install Unmark, but it appears to be abandonware at this point (https://github.com/xbrowsersync/app/issues/517), so I didn't want to go down that road.
At least with Unmark it looked like the repo was being somewhat maintained, so I thought it would be a better bet. I added a comment to that issue from 2022 to see if there's anything I can do to work around it.
(At the end of the day, it's free, open source code - I have no reason to expect a specific problem to be solved in any timely fashion in someone else's side project. I was just hoping it might work on the first try, since it really is exactly what I want for bookmark management...)
is xBrowserSync discontinued? · Issue #517 · xbrowsersync/app

I can't install xBrowserSync in Chrome anymore, and Edge is also warning that it will stop working in the future. Is this discontinued? What are the alternatives you have found? Please share. Regards.

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Show threadMick T.   Nov 23
@viharm @llorenzin There's the 'Bookmarks' app for Nextcloud: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/bookmarks
Bookmarks - Apps - App Store - Nextcloud

The Nextcloud App Store - Upload your apps and install new apps onto your Nextcloud

Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)Nov 23
@mick_talbott @viharm thank you! I haven't gotten up the nerve to tackle setting up Nextcloud yet - it's on my list, just seems a bit intimidating. But I'll get there eventually, and this is another good motivator!
Show threadQuinn NortonNov 23
@llorenzin @mick_talbott @viharm FWIW, we made the jump to Nextcloud a while back, and after a bit of upfront pain it's been great. There's still some clunkiness to the interface and the email client is really not there yet, but most of it works pretty well. I'm quite happy with it.
Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)Nov 24
@quinn @mick_talbott @viharm very encouraging - thank you!
Show threadMick T.   Nov 23
@llorenzin And I'm sorry I don't have any advice on installing Unmark, but I sympathize and I feel your pain.
Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)Nov 23
@mick_talbott thank you! That's really kind of you - I am feeling Bad At Technology this weekend, and it helps to hear that.
Show threadNegative12DollarBillNov 23
@llorenzin What's the error message?
Show threadLisa Lorenzin KR4LFE (she/her)Nov 23
@negative12dollarbill "Database error 1164 - Table 'database1.users_to_marks' doesn't exist" https://github.com/cdevroe/unmark/issues/283
It looks like something didn't happen properly during setup - I didn't see any failures or error messages as the containers were building. I'd go dig around in the images if I had any domain knowledge here, but at this point I wouldn't even know what to look for.
A Database Error Occurred Error Number: 1146 · Issue #283 · cdevroe/unmark

Hello, I’ve encounter Database errors when trying to install Umark. At first it threw me a “1064 Error”: I refresh the page and then I was able to register, I’d enter my email and a password to use...

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