HyperForum — Thoughts on self-hosting and public services

Re: Thoughts on self-hosting and public services

null@example.com (throgh) — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:38:30 +0000

Self-hosting can and should be foremost done in the local network. Hosting something aside from a plain mail-server is beyond anything to be recommended. The "internet" itself is damaged beyond repair and should be getting a clear rework from the ground - especially pointing on the situation with scraper-bots.

Re: Thoughts on self-hosting and public services

null@example.com (bemc) — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:58:34 +0000

These days self-hosting might be quiet tough: https://vulpinecitrus.info/blog/one-in- … -scrapers/

Thoughts on self-hosting and public services

null@example.com (librecat) — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:59:58 +0000

Today, i want to share my realization from reading this message by dragoncat in irc.

05:59 hmm, never mind, actually it just keeps disconnecting and reconnecting me every minute, disregard lol - it's probably just an issue with the SourceHut server/IRC bouncer service - got to look at replacing that with my own self-run IRC like in the old days soon

I also tend to find myself replacing selfhosted services with public ones. And I have realized that this is an antipattern for me because i realized that there is always a trade-off when you use a public service instead of a selfhostted one. This has made me motivated to selfhost alot more and pay the time and money to do so because if i dont pay the selfhosting tax which is predictable i will get unpredictable results from public services and selfhosting well is the most proper way anyway