Lessons from building MyChat: migrating Skype history, making conversations searchable, connecting calls and tasks, and deploying the server with Docker.
title: From Skype Archives to Docker: Building a Self-Hosted Team Workspace
published: true
description: How MyChat connects searchable history, calls, Kanban, file sharing, and infrastructure control inside one self-hosted workspace.
tags: selfhosted, devops, docker, productivity
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