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[1948.46 --> 1949.54] So I must document.
[1950.10 --> 1951.62] And then I have also,
[1952.02 --> 1953.08] if I hit a roadblock
[1953.08 --> 1955.04] and I don't implement the perfect solution,
[1955.28 --> 1957.76] I document what I thought I wanted to do
[1957.76 --> 1958.84] and why I couldn't do it
[1958.84 --> 1959.64] and what I did instead.
[1959.64 --> 1961.14] So I can always work back
[1961.14 --> 1963.84] if I ever want to revisit the project
[1963.84 --> 1964.46] and get it right.
[1965.20 --> 1967.38] You know, that was why I started LinuxServer.io
[1967.38 --> 1969.70] was it was actually just my personal blog
[1969.70 --> 1971.80] writing down how I compiled that kernel.
[1972.72 --> 1975.26] I think I was doing Unraid on top of Arch
[1975.26 --> 1976.54] or something back in the day.
[1976.76 --> 1979.80] And documentation is just so important.
[1980.06 --> 1983.20] But I was laughing so hard
[1983.20 --> 1984.06] whilst you were saying that.
[1984.20 --> 1986.54] Like, I'm the world expert on this topic.
[1986.54 --> 1987.76] And then six months later,
[1987.76 --> 1989.32] I can't remember any of it.
[1989.64 --> 1990.74] It's so true.
[1992.88 --> 1993.24] Yeah.
[1993.36 --> 1994.36] And you just gotta like,
[1994.44 --> 1995.88] you gotta like learn that about yourself
[1995.88 --> 1996.88] if that's how you operate.
[1996.98 --> 1998.50] And like the guys that are probably,
[1998.66 --> 2000.24] you know, like really a level above us
[2000.24 --> 2001.50] are the ones that retain it all, right?
[2001.60 --> 2002.36] Those people.
[2003.02 --> 2004.96] I don't know how people like Wendell do it.
[2005.00 --> 2006.92] And you mentioned him in your little bit.
[2007.20 --> 2010.02] And like he can just rattle off model numbers
[2010.02 --> 2011.54] and serial and, you know,
[2011.58 --> 2013.92] specific kernels and builds.
[2013.92 --> 2014.50] And I'm like,
[2015.20 --> 2017.18] how do you remember all that stuff?
[2017.18 --> 2018.24] I can't even, you know,
[2018.24 --> 2019.98] I bought a bag of pumpkin seeds
[2019.98 --> 2021.40] to put in my banana bread this morning.
[2021.48 --> 2022.74] I can't even remember where that is.
[2022.86 --> 2024.50] It's been half an hour.
[2025.20 --> 2026.38] How do you remember anything?
[2027.12 --> 2028.10] It's really impressive.
[2028.50 --> 2030.28] So I think if you document
[2030.28 --> 2032.62] where the shortcomings were in your setup,
[2033.26 --> 2033.90] and then you just,
[2034.12 --> 2035.96] it kind of gives you permission to proceed.
[2036.02 --> 2036.70] Because like, it's like,
[2036.74 --> 2037.56] okay, I've written it down.
[2037.80 --> 2038.96] I've captured my thoughts.
[2038.96 --> 2040.52] And you'll also find that you think
[2040.52 --> 2041.66] through things a little more clearly,
[2041.80 --> 2042.64] at least in my case.
[2043.06 --> 2043.82] And then you move forward.
[2043.82 --> 2046.08] There is a phrase, isn't there?
[2046.12 --> 2047.94] And this doesn't just pertain to IT,
[2048.22 --> 2050.00] but it's analysis paralysis.
[2050.88 --> 2052.04] And, you know,
[2052.12 --> 2054.28] you can go down this rabbit hole with anything,
[2054.38 --> 2055.50] you know, buying a car,
[2055.92 --> 2056.70] buying a house,
[2057.16 --> 2058.78] building some infrastructure
[2058.78 --> 2059.54] for your home,
[2059.84 --> 2061.20] self-hosted needs,
[2061.70 --> 2062.78] whatever it might be.
[2062.78 --> 2064.24] And at some point,
[2064.24 --> 2065.60] you've just got to stick a pin in it
[2065.60 --> 2066.22] and say, right,
[2066.84 --> 2068.08] this is the way I'm going to do it.
[2068.44 --> 2070.24] It might not be the best,
[2070.40 --> 2072.74] most optimist way to do something,
[2072.74 --> 2074.80] but at the end of it,
[2074.86 --> 2076.10] you will have built something
[2076.10 --> 2078.48] and you'll have gained some experience
[2078.48 --> 2079.92] along the way of doing it.
[2080.34 --> 2081.50] And, you know,
[2081.52 --> 2082.34] in six months time,
[2082.42 --> 2083.54] you may well decide,
[2083.68 --> 2084.54] well, actually,
[2084.54 --> 2086.12] I shouldn't have exposed
[2086.12 --> 2087.56] that particular service
[2087.56 --> 2089.86] over the internet without a password,
[2090.30 --> 2091.10] for example.
[2091.84 --> 2093.52] Maybe I should put it behind a VPN
[2093.52 --> 2094.96] or put it at least behind...
[2094.96 --> 2096.04] That sounds like a rough lesson.
[2096.32 --> 2096.98] Right, exactly.
[2097.18 --> 2098.26] But I mean, you know,
[2098.30 --> 2099.30] I've admitted on this show
[2099.30 --> 2100.74] before I ran remote desktop
[2100.74 --> 2101.72] open to the internet
[2101.72 --> 2103.64] and the password was 22.
[2104.10 --> 2104.52] That was it.
[2104.58 --> 2105.40] The numbers, 22.
[2105.98 --> 2107.20] What could go wrong?
[2107.66 --> 2108.60] What could go wrong?
[2109.16 --> 2109.82] Bizarrely nothing.
[2110.14 --> 2111.36] But I mean, a lot could have,
[2111.46 --> 2111.76] you know,