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Self-hosting really should be understood as "hosting for myself" rather than "doing the hosting myself". Hence I'd never host for anyone else but me. The stress
by ocimbote 4y ago
Self-hosting really should be understood as "hosting for myself" rather than "doing the hosting myself". Hence I'd never host for anyone else but me. The stress of having to make services reliable, only if for my wife and kids, is a no by my book.
- doubled112 4y agoThis is probably perspective. I wouldn’t recommend it to everybody. I don’t find hosting services for a couple of friends and my family stressful. I’m also a full time system admin so it is really a more fun, more freedom, less pressure, less bullshit version of the work I’d love to be doing instead of whatever management and the team came up with.
- TheHappyOddish 4y agoI have also been a sydadmin for a long time, so maybe we're in a bubble, but I don't find it stressful. If something's down, it's down. If someone complains, I offer them a full refund of the $0 they pay, which stops complaints fairly quickly.
- j45 4y agoSelf hosting yourself shouldn’t be less important than others. In moments of unplanned crisis it will really become apparent that self hosting is because you value yourself as a user more, and not less. In a way we self host lots of things on our phones.