Recently I've been cruising though Sludge Life

I like having options, but I wished they were better. Snap has been nothing but trouble for me, I had Authy break on me for weeks until I found that it couldn't handle a symlink in my home directory. Flatpaks just take forever to install and update, and it sucks that there's weird sharp edges around flatpaks permissions that cause some apps to break. App Image have been pretty okay, especially when you have that integrator tool, just would be nice if they could update themselves.

IDK. I kinda miss PPAs being the norm.

The thing that boils my blood is secret sqlite databases. I just want to store my volumes on an NAS using NFS, and run the stacks on a server built for it. Having a container randomly blows up because an undocumented sqlite database failed to get a lock sucks ass.

You'll need a QDevice to keep consensus. That wiki article will cover how to set it up and some drawbacks to QDevices. You should be able to run it on a low-power device like a Pi to keep the cluster going.

I tried the demo after the telegram that they announced it with. Looks good! Still waiting on Heist 2 though.

I want it all Composite or nothin

I don't think anybody knows as the expedition stalls out at the community goal.