I feel that on HN people tend to be a bit pedantic about topics like data integrity, and in business settings I actually agree with them.
But for residential use, risks are just different and as you point out, you have no options except to only use a desktop workstation with ECC. People like/need laptops so that’s not realistic for most people. Just run Linux/freebsd with ZFS isn’t reasonable advice to me.
What I feel most strongly about is that it’s all about circumstances, context and risk evaluation. And I see so much blanket absolutist statements that don’t think about the reality of life and people’s circumstances.
But for residential use, risks are just different and as you point out, you have no options except to only use a desktop workstation with ECC. People like/need laptops so that’s not realistic for most people. Just run Linux/freebsd with ZFS isn’t reasonable advice to me.
What I feel most strongly about is that it’s all about circumstances, context and risk evaluation. And I see so much blanket absolutist statements that don’t think about the reality of life and people’s circumstances.