sicktriple@lemmy.mltoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•I need a new hobby, I'm going to set up my own Lemmy instance. Am I an idiot?English
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17 days agoI’m glad that works for you.
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- sicktriple@lemmy.mltoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•I need a new hobby, I'm going to set up my own Lemmy instance. Am I an idiot?English2·18 days ago
In the words of that one guy from Casino: Why take a chance? A VPS is peace of mind for a cup of coffee a month. I like to be sure the things I need to keep safe have as many opportunities to remain that way as possible.
- sicktriple@lemmy.mltoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•I need a new hobby, I'm going to set up my own Lemmy instance. Am I an idiot?English85·18 days ago
You should not host anything that’s going to be public facing on your home network in 2026, period. Get a cheap German VPS and go nuts with it. There’s simply too much at stake opening up your home router/firewall for such little gain. Plus, being a residential IP behind NAT might just make it straight up impossible.
I host my own email and a matrix server. I would never think of exposing my home network to the internet. I use tailscale to get into the homelab, anything exposed to the net lives somewhere far, far away.
I use netcup for my email and matrix. It’s extremely reasonable.
I started both around the same time. I switched careers from being a chef at a pretty high level. Started getting into systems and got engrossed in it. So the selfhosting was just an aspect of my education.