Comment on If websites are slow for you, this is why, AWS is breaking everything
thepompe@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
The cloud was a scam for people with more money than sense.
Most people hosting things on the cloud, like Fediverse services, would be better off selfhosting and buying the hardware themselves.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
Self hosting requires an immense amount of specialized knowledge and time…
thepompe@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
It really doesn’t, and certainly not more than running something on AWS.
In fact, hosting on cloud infrastructure adds layer of complexity.
I stand by my original assertion.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
You’re just wrong…
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I got started self-hosting last week when I got ahold of a smal Lenovo ThinkCentre. I installed Proxmox on it and if I want to self-host something I just spin up a container or virtual machine on the Proxmox system. It’s so much easier than installing self-hosted projects on bare metal. And if you want to change things around then just disable or delete the container/vm and let Proxmox stay clean. If one container breaks the rest of the system will still function.
I could easily host Lemmy from home with Proxmox and a reverse proxy with my current setup. I am not going to because I am not interested in moderating a platform and all the responsibility that comes with it, but it’s very possible to do.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
Cool?
DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
The point was that self-hosting is not hard if you do it the right way. You claim it’s very hard and requires specialized knowledge. I don’t think it’s much different than hosting in the cloud.