Real account of just how "not trivial": https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/03/stack-overflow-a-technical-deconstruction/ https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/0

Real account of just how "not trivial": https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/03/stack-overflow-a-technical-deconstruction/ https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/03/stack-overflow-a-tech... That said, thanks to VPS and Raspberry Pi, it's fun and extremely inexpensive to privately deploy and maintain semi-reliable personal services. Anything beyond that requires immense planning, expense, and dedication.