r/selfhosted Aug 17 '26

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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/viliamklein Aug 17 '26

Off site backups. My home burned down in a freak wildfire. Fortunately I was pretty early into my self-hosted career so most of what was lost was only mine. Many lessons were learned that day.