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Hey everyone,

I'm looking for a system that:

  • I can self host
  • Is slim, because I don't have beefy hardware (Intel J5040, 32GB RAM, shared by all VMs/containers)
  • can be used to create an inventory of all the tech/hardware that I have in my house (not exclusively IT, I also wasn't to track things like warranty for my chainsaws and the like)
  • does take at least the device make/model, serial number (for insurance cases) and warranty dates
  • is not some kind of enterprise-how-many-items-of-this-article-do-i-have-in-stock-things, because that seems to be the only thing I seem to be able to find, and they neither match my use case nor do they seem to be lightweight enough.

... and honestly, I don't even know where to start looking. Do you guys have any recommendations?

Of course, I could just use a spreadsheet, but where's the fun in that?

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[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] antsu@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 day ago

+1
This is a problem a simple spreadsheet is perfectly adequate for.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Indeed. What you are looking for is a spreadsheet.

Don't overcomplicate things.

[–] suzune@ani.social 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've even seen people making presentation slides in Excel. Why ever use anything else? 😉

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 10 hours ago

I once asked somebody for a spreadsheet (they were trying to import the data into my software and it was failing), and got back a .doc file containing a screenshot of Excel running the spreadsheet.

I was in awe of how somebody could misuse so many pieces of software at once.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

its just a spreadsheet, until you want to track what happens to it over time. maintenance, failures, ...

[–] Darkmoon_UK@lemm.ee 4 points 22 hours ago

You're just not Spreading hard enough, friend. Excel is like the OG low-code App Dev platform!

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Time to pull out the second page

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

oh, the history of this laptop must be on the 37th worksheet, now I just need to scroll there and find it