I can vouch for the node 804, although I haven't used the others so I can't say which is the best.

No.

Same. I wanted to make video games... until I found out how terrible the working conditions and pay are.

You can make an app with Tauri without writing a single line of Rust though. Tauri lets you trigger most native functionality you might need from the JavaScript side. If that's enough for what you are building then you don't need to write any Rust. You could use a Rust web framework that compiles to WebAssembly, but you could also just use React or Svelte or whatever else.

One advice I haven't seen mentioned: there are tool libraries in many cities where home owners can borrow tools for a low membership cost. This can save you from spending a lot on tools, especially for ones you won't need often.

I already donate to Mastodon development, and to the Mastodon server I'm on. It's a good reminder to donate to the Lemmy server I'm on too.

I'm not OP but I use Woodpecker CI, also self hosted. Gitea is also working on Gitea Actions which are supposed to be compatible with Github Actions, but I think it's still on beta.

For any family photos and documents you can't afford to lose, make sure you have backups of it. A RAID array does not mean you don't need backups: you want at least 3 copies, at least one offsite.

The copy in your RAID array is one copy. You can back that up to an external hard drive or something as a second copy. Then have an offsite backup on something like Backblaze as your third copy.

I thought that ToS was just for their CDN?

You can also use Tailscale Funnel, it does the same thing and doesn't have a limitation on what kind of content you put through it.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein? The new Wolfensteins have quite a bit of story, but the old one is all skippable.

It's also an amazing way of duck-debugging. By the time you write down what the problem is, you'll figure out where's the issue or at least what you should try next.

"X is giving me an error, I checked X's logs. X communicates with Y... Oh, I need to check Y next!"

And if you can't figure it out, you have the problem and everything you tried documented so you can ask for help and get answers effectively.

Anything that can run programs and stay on all day. Raspberry Pi's, or their alternatives work great. Any old computer or laptop you have would work too. Or you can get a used PC, or build a new one if you have money to waste.