I write notes! RoE | Wiki
I started with text files on a flash drive, pushed those to Git, and eventually set-up a wiki. I hosted WoW servers since Vanilla (Antrix, Ascent, ArcEmu, MaNGOS), and slowly went from repacks on Windows with XAMPP, to a proper MySQL and TortoiseSVN pulls, and a short set-up on Ubuntu Linux.
I got into privacy with Windows 10’s release and got into Linux primarily; that’s around when I did the text file to Git move. I got into self-hosting and had 4 computers up for a webserver, databases, game servers, and a NAS, and also hosted the most transparent, secure WoW server for a bit too (RaGEZONE post). I had forums, Mumble VOIP, XMPP, Cal/CardDAV, pictures/video website, and even a social network with ActivityPub (GNU social, later switched to Friendica).
Someone suggested a wiki instead of text files on Git, and I figured out DokuWiki a couple months later. Having a wiki for notes is great: I can view it anywhere consistently and quickly (loads quicker than GitHub 
), share with anyone, and I’m in full-control of my data (it’s on a SSD a room away).
Earlier today I felt like checking out FreeBSD, so I wiped my laptop and installed it 
I went to my notes on my phone, followed them up until I got Xfce and Firefox up, configured a quick Wine set-up, went to my GW2 Linux notes, copy/pasted them as-is on FreeBSD, and afaik I’m probably the first person to have a screenshot of GW2 on FreeBSD
I have 340+ pages of all sorts of tech notes! I like self-hosting, decentralization, and no abstraction. I write notes in a way that lets me adapt them easy for new stuff: If I want to run a new game on Linux through Wine, I usually go to my Diablo 3 notes first because it has good DXVK install lines
2004Scape was fun to write notes for! I wanted another MMORPG to have the dev structure and variety that WoW servers have with all their server emus and database content providers.
I went from creating Windows notes Aug 2024, to better current notes, have similar set-up/scripting Linux and FreeBSD, and learned a lot of cool things too! That msedge_proxy command that’s good for a standalone game client works well for my mouse’s WebUSB config and even updating a Meta Quest VR headset
Also self-hosting a pictures website is cool too for linking to my notes! Here’s my 2004Scape progress pics album, and here’s a screenshot of GW2 on FreeBSD with URLs at the bottom for references.
Self-hosting a wiki for notes is one of the most useful and fun things I’ve done!