Sadly no. I am in the unfortunate situation that I have way too many projects atm. But if you feel like it, we can chat about it on matrix and compare ideas, push for more cooperators on some socials etc. Two people is 100% more support than my project saw so far. :)

I would be willing to help. I created a mastodon clone on github called fediwork. Feel free to check it out. My personal goal is to make it possible to find work without linkedin but have a more work focused setting.

Exactly how I see it and did it. Thanks for mentioning this.

I only had to read like three or four sentences to arrive at the conclusion: yes, you should absolutely self host and you‘re already pretty far.

Depending on your location, I suggest you first visit your local hackspace, if that exists. I have had a similar journey and it took me years to arrive at my current state. Had I learned about „hacker communities“ earlier, I would have taken a very different and less stressful path.

You can check my personal setup at https://forge.giftedmc.com/haui/Setup

Never heard of that. Feel free to share info.

Plex is just really polished and kind of makes sharing with low tech friends easy imo. But switching to proper foss is on my list.