This idea of it not being** self** hosted because it’s on somebody else’s computer is just weird.
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billwashere@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThank you. I was thinking the same thing. Some things it makes sense to host in your home. Things like large media, home automation, etc. Some things it doesn’t. Like DNS, service that require large amounts of egress (most home internet is very asymmetric), anything with a more public face.
Generally it boils down to privacy and reliability. If it’s private, keep it home. If it needs more reliability, put it on a VPS.
My home hardware is just not reliable enough to host something critical. I have redundant systems but it might take a bit to get stuff back.
This idea of it not being self hosted because it’s on somebody else’s computer is just weird.
Dumpdog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
billwashere@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am running the software. I set it up. I maintain it. I can change it to whatever I want. It is therefore self-hosted.
Dumpdog@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I agree, but Is it your hardware?
billwashere@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I mean I get what you’re saying. And certain things I really do want in my house. But at this point I feel like we disagree on a definition which is just kind of silly. As someone else said that used the distinction of home-hosted and self-hosted. I like being in control of my stuff and I think we both agree on that.
talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I put my uptime kuma on the VPS to monitor my home infrastructure from the outside. Let’s me know when things go down much more reliably.