#openaudible — Public Fediverse posts

I like #Audible, but I also prefer to have my audiobooks on my own storage. Luckily there is #OpenAudible that can download my legally purchased titles, and #AudiobookShelf that can help me organize and listen to them - even when I'm on the road. Recently I've discovered that OpenAudible comes in a #containerized version, which is right up my alley - I could run it on my Synology NAS, access it from anywhere and not worry about files filling up my laptop or desktop system. Now here's the amusing part: sure the OpenAudible guys have provided a "containerized" version, but it's done in all the wrong ways: it's still running their Java application, but wrapped in an HTTP-enabled remote desktop client that accesses a Linux desktop, which is also running in the container. There's even an SSH server running there. Guys, while your application is most excellent, you have many things to learn about containers - full fat VM-like containers is not how you do it.