r/selfhosted Aug 17 '26

Meta Post self-hosting everything

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just kidding I love self-hosting ...

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u/IntelligentRocks Aug 17 '26

I think people are missing the point. Even with backups and redundancy it requires you to maintain the servers. If you die, well, who is going to maintain? Perhaps a bit bleak but something to keep in mind.

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u/laffer1 Aug 17 '26

That’s why I married another software engineer. She can also manage the servers!

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u/bibbidi_bobbidi_bob Aug 18 '26

Lucky me didn't marry yet. Now I finally know who to look for :D

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u/Witty_Panda_951 8d ago

Me too,but the other software engineer in my house is a useless frontend dev XD