This, 1000%. There's good reason infrastructure-as-a-service has become so popular: self-hosting _sucks_. Not only is there the constant and every-growing secur

This, 1000%. There's good reason infrastructure-as-a-service has become so popular: self-hosting _sucks_. Not only is there the constant and every-growing security nightmare for which companies like GitHub have entire world-class teams, but let's not forget the fact that self-hosting means you're a sysadmin again. Which _sucks_. The interesting write-up would be the one describing what the experience has been like 6-, 12-, 18-months down the road. It's easy to be optimistic and idealistic at the outset, much more difficult to remain so in the face of the day-to-day realities.