TL:DR what does this mean?

To be fair it’s “made simple” not “made easy”

I haven’t used archivebox, but I tried setting it up. And I will say linkwarden gets a lot of points for easy setup and use. I’m sure it’s probably not as powerful as archive box but it gets the job done for basic use.

What do people use pastebin for anyway? I’ve never felt the need to use it or something like it.

It makes a nice event page where you invite everyone by phone number. It then texts everyone with the details and asks for RSVPs. It then automatically follows up with everyone to get RSVPs and sends out automatic reminders to all the guests a week before and a day before etc.

If you must expose to the net (which you may do with the games servers) then again, the config guide has you covered, use crowdsec, use https, use random ports, use strong passwords and mfa.

When you say the config guide has you covered. Where is this config guide?

Inhuman

What do you use for scanning for paperless?

You want to charge people to help you?

I thought the point of notepad was to open quickly and do quick changes without having to open a more heavy duty editor.

FYI, this will only work when you are connected to your local network! If you want external access you can configure a VPN for external access (WireGuard) or do some port forwarding and register a domain name and use a reverse proxy (caddy) to serve the app.