>the honest truth >maintaining an open source, self-hosted project is: > more work than building it > different fun than building it > more rewarding

>the honest truth >maintaining an open source, self-hosted project is: > more work than building it > different fun than building it > more rewarding than you'd expect > harder than you'd expect > worth it I'd say the title is not misleading: what they don't tell you is that is more rewarding than you'd expect and worth it. (Because yes, we mostly hear the "it's too much work and not worth it" story.)