Mastodawn

I self-host a lot of stuff. Nearly everything that I use. FOSS and self-hosting is a massive part of my computing experience.

I love reading about people enjoying / exploring self-hosting stuff.

I struggle when people advocate "just self-host it", without giving due consideration to the costs, risks, security considerations, and so on.

I know that I've posted this a few times now, but this discussion seems to pop up quite a lot. So:

https://neilzone.co.uk/2022/07/self-host-it-is-not-the-answer/

#SelfHosting #FOSS #blog

'Self-host it' is not the answer

I'm going out on a limb a bit here.

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MadaMada

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I can agree on this, self-hosting is a different kind of rabbit hole.. requires near constant upkeep, and you spend most of that time looking at logs, analyzing, optimizing and improving what you already have..

You follow security checks and best practices to secure your self-hosted infra..

It's not for the faint of heart, can get daunting at times, but the result is satisfaction and knowing you took that first step forward from straying away from bigTech bros.. you feel free somehow..