Selfhosted

Hey, I love this thread, and I am intrigued by the term "futureproof"ing. can someone direct me to a thread where local networks are self-hosted and the human element of organizing the network is discussed? Thank you. If I don't come back, it's because I'm new to Lemmyworld and got lost.

at least i do have 2 servers. one main and one backup

I ran one for a few months until I woke up one morning and it wasn't working. As I was the only person using it, I didn't bother to troubleshoot and just signed up for an account at lemmy.world.

If you want to run your own I recommend you check out the ansible install route. It's really simple and straightforward once you wrap your head around ansible.

I consider selfhosting to be both. VPS or homelab. The latter has more 'cred' but is also a much bigger investment and not everyone can do it. Granted I'm living in a difficult environment but as somebody using Linux since 1994 it took me 3 years to recently get a homelab to where I could credibly serve the wider internet from it, and I still use a VPS as reverse proxy anyway! Meanwhile, offloading your physical plant to a mom-n-pop platform-as-a-service provider isn't the worst thing in the world. Some operators started out selfhosting and grew their little VPS provider from that, those guys need business too!

Running on a synology, but it's not cheap. I like having direct access to my stuff if I can. Next step is cloud backup of my local , i think borg or something is very popular.

I'm going to say that self hosting becomes a fun hobby once you get your core services running. Core in this case means the services that are bringing you into selfhosting.

I don't know about the history of selfhosted, I use a vps at hetzner which serves as playground and I use a mini desktop (hp elitedesk) as my home automation lab.

This community is an inspiration on spotting new techniques and software to discover!

"Self-hosted" means you are in control of the platform. That doesn't mean you have to own the platform outright, just that you hold the keys.

Using a VPS to build a Nextcloud server vs using Google Drive is like the difference between leasing a car and taking a taxi. Yes, you don't technically own the car like you would if you bought it outright, but that difference is mostly academic. The fact is you're still in the driver's seat, controlling how everything works. You get to drive where you want to, in your own time, you pick the music, you set the AC, you adjust the seats, and you can store as much stuff in the trunk as you want, for as long as you want.

As long as you're the person behind the metaphorical wheel, it's still self-hosting.

I have servers at home but I don't host services

For me, since you can get kicked off a platform eg hetzner vps, it's not self hosted, they're hosting you.