Thing about a laptop - I am not going to keep it running 24/7. So I probably want to buy another computer for the hosting. And by that point it is cheaper to us

Thing about a laptop - I am not going to keep it running 24/7. So I probably want to buy another computer for the hosting. And by that point it is cheaper to use a free netlify/github hosting type thing. You have to be quite motivated to run your own. Even in 2005 there was very cheap shared hosting, I wouldn't have chosen to self host unless it is for hobby/experimentation reasons.