Self-Hosting: My Journey and Lessons Learned
Over the past few years, I’ve embarked on a journey into the world of self-hosting, starting with a single instance of Home Assistant and gradually expanding my services to include a variety of applications. This journey has been both exciting and challenging, filled with valuable lessons learned along the way. Inspiration: The Self Hosted Podcast I’ve been self-hosting for a number of years now, starting with one or two core programs and gradually expanding to host more than a dozen different services. A lot of my inspiration came from the Self Hosted podcast, which I discovered a few years ago. Every fortnight Chris and Alex would cover news in the open source and self-hosting world, as well as interviewing maintainers and covering new services that they had discovered. The podcast was a great way to learn about new tools whilst commuting and then arriving home to try them out. A lot of the services I run today were discovered through the podcast and I’ve learnt more than a few lessons from the hosts’ experiences. ...