Yeah, Jellyfin was my best example. I’ve got the motions memorized, to get to the admin panel, as well but Homepage is my homepage so it saves those few seconds. I agree otherwise about urgent messages. Important stuff of mine hits a Discord webhook for now.

Eventually I’ll set up some other alternative to get push notifications. I took the time to write a few half-assed cogs for pycord, and I enjoy(ed) the process and using them, but I don’t really trust the platform. I might need to give good old IRC a go again. I’m sure some Android client can do push notifications on a specific channel/sender basis.

Most are definitely just showing off; “Look at how many photos I have stored,” “I have so many podcasts and ebooks,” “Bow to me, mortals!”

On the flip, some are useful. PeaNUT gives UPS off/on line power status at a glance, Jellyfin shows active streams iirc, FreshRSS shows if there are unread feeds, Portainer shows if any containers have stopped, etc. Jellyfin is a big one since I don’t have to get into the WebUI to see if updates or whatever are going to interrupt someone. Otherwise I’m mostly in agreement and just use links in lieu of widgets and silly API calls.

04 Tundra with a tape deck. And a 6 CD changer! Although I think that has some stripped out gears, bad motor, or something 'cause it stopped working years ago. I took it apart once to get the discs out but didn’t bother making a diagnosis since I rock a cassette adapter anyway.

The more I see about the mid 90s through 00s Toyotas, the more I really don’t want anything newer. Unfortunately everyone else seems to have the same opinion. There’s not a single gen 1 Tundra at any pick’n’pull junkyard within 20 miles of me, and running ones are selling for more than I paid for mine used 14 years ago. Blows my mind my little 22 year old pickup has somehow maintained or increased in value in this ridiculous market.