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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/AdequateSource on 2025-04-25 22:51:40+00:00.
Hey peeps. I wrote a post here 5 days ago about a board game night planner I am running as a free hosted service. I can't edit the post so I'll provide an update here.
I wrote a post about my motivation behind maintaining it as a non-commercial project here.
It's a bit touchy-feely, but the tl:dr; is that the project provides me with a lot of value.
I use it to connect with one of my friends (I live abroad), as a testing ground for things I later introduce at work and then I'm a bit personally attached to the idea about getting people to play board games together.
Anywho, that post is more the personal motivation behind.
I have also written a longer post as a direct response to the interest I received.
Now, I really hope I don't disappoint too much. The short answer is that I grossly underestimated (classic developer) the effort it would take to truly make this useful for the selfhosted community. I could drop a "here, it is what it is" version but that would be doing you fine folks a 'beer favor'.
The post generated enough interest that I think someone should take the torch and run with it, but I am not the right person to do it. The post covers why it's not trivial to convert and what direction I am trying to go with the project. My goals conflicts too much with the fragmentation that selfhosting brings.
Anyway, apologies to everyone - hope you enjoy nerdy ramblings.
Do let me know if someone wants to take a stab at making this selfhosted.