I think an issue many have with self-hosting is not reading the documentation thoroughly and even when they do read it, they don't read it to determine the most

I think an issue many have with self-hosting is not reading the documentation thoroughly and even when they do read it, they don't read it to determine the most reliable and robust configuration or they are constantly changing the configuration without understanding what actually happens each time they change something. For the small stuff I run, it works without my having to do anything other than updates, though for some projects version upgrades can effectively require migration. Another issue is keeping up with issues affecting a project. I treat all projects updates like alphas, and I don't install the update as it becomes available because the inconvenience and time cost to restore a borked server is never worth whatever perceived gain there is from the update. But this means I need to minimally have things like mailing list subscriptions, GitHub project subscriptions, etc., so the information comes to me without my having to go out to actively review the information. I set up folders for the lists and it is usually 1-2 minutes per day just reviewing the subjects and occasionally skimming an issue that might be relevant to me.