They Said Self-Hosting Was Hard! - arthurpizza

https://lemmy.wtf/post/38945510

They Said Self-Hosting Was Hard! - arthurpizza - Lemmy.wtf

Lemmy

As long as you don’t directly connect it to the internet, it’s not hard.

When you do, it does become hard.

I thought so too for a long time. Had to figure it out for actual budget though. Tailscale makes that aspect pretty simple. Still probably too complex for your average user, but if you’re setting up self hosted apps you should be able to figure it out.

The “average user” shouldn’t selfhost anything. Might sound mean or like gatekeeping, but it’s the truth. It can be dangerous. There’s a reason why I hire an electrician to do my house installation even tho I theoretically know how to do it myself - because I’m not amazingly well versed in it and might burn down my house, or worse, burn down other peoples houses.

People who are serious about selfhosting need to learn how to do it. Halfassing it will only lead to it getting breached, integrated into a botnet and being a burden on the rest of humanity.