While piefed.social is great so far, I would really like to start my own thing for several reasons. But I don’t know where to begin and would like to join relevant communities before starting (for example, I heard there are Matrix servers for this, but haven’t made the time to actively look for them yet).
Any advice?
rimu@piefed.social@piefed.social
Have you got experience self hosting other things?
I really think that it’s good to start with something small and personal (say, a wiki or Jellyfin) where you can build some skills around hosting, reverse proxies, security practices, backups, etc.
Hosting a service as part of a wider interconnected network of sites isn’t as difficult as it sounds but there is definitely potential to screw it up beyond repair.
MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Not yet, and probably not going to be able to allocate time for it in the next few months at least.
If I start an instance soon, it will almost certainly be through a managed service at first. Not letting perfect be the enemy of good and all that.
There’s quite a learning curve if you’re not familiar with self-hosting. Doing it through a managed service sounds like a good idea.