Post #1765407

2026-03-01 15:41 UTC

I don't understand it. True self hosting seems like a completely dead concept and the idea of even trying is wrapped in financial costs i cant even hope to begin to grasp. There's been dozens of times I've wanted to do self hosting of tons of different things, only to find a million things working against me and all the seemingly knowledgeable people have no clue why its hard for me.

Replies (3)

@Coca@tech.lgbt 2026-03-01 18:57

@Rin3d The only real way self-host at that point without any some external help would be i2p, which is pretty nice but also pretty damn niche for most people who'd like to visit your site (could be handy for other services tho)

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@bd103@hachyderm.io 2026-03-01 19:09

@Rin3d I self-host a few services on an old desktop computer for personal use. Since I'm the only one using it, I don't expose the server to the public internet. Rather, I use Tailscale VPN to connect to the desktop from all of my other devices. With that being said, I'm not sure how I would even begin self-hosting a publicly available website!

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@laund@wetdry.world 2026-03-02 10:53

@Rin3d you're right, i am struggling to understand what (not why, the "why" is usually very dependent on the "what") is hard for you, as my other reply perhaps shows. So i'm asking you: Would you be willing to go into some more details about what you're trying to do, the situation you're trying to do it in, and perhaps your prior related experiences? Perhaps even as a new post, not a reply, with some fitting tags. Tho if you do that, please mention me in a reply, my masto server doesn't show posts from mastodon.social by default.

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