I’m asking cause my previous post regarding my server that isn’t at home got moderated for violating rule 3. I don’t get it 🤔

  • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Thank you. I was thinking the same thing. Some things it makes sense to host in your home. Things like large media, home automation, etc. Some things it doesn’t. Like DNS, service that require large amounts of egress (most home internet is very asymmetric), anything with a more public face.

    Generally it boils down to privacy and reliability. If it’s private, keep it home. If it needs more reliability, put it on a VPS.

    My home hardware is just not reliable enough to host something critical. I have redundant systems but it might take a bit to get stuff back.

    This idea of it not being self hosted because it’s on somebody else’s computer is just weird.

    • Dumpdog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      This idea of it not being** self** hosted because it’s on somebody else’s computer is just weird.

      • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        I am running the software. I set it up. I maintain it. I can change it to whatever I want. It is therefore self-hosted.

          • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            21 hours ago

            I mean I get what you’re saying. And certain things I really do want in my house. But at this point I feel like we disagree on a definition which is just kind of silly. As someone else said that used the distinction of home-hosted and self-hosted. I like being in control of my stuff and I think we both agree on that.

            • Dumpdog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              20 hours ago

              Hey, I’m glad you said that! You’re right, we are just arguing semantics. We both agree that this hobby/job is something important

    • talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I put my uptime kuma on the VPS to monitor my home infrastructure from the outside. Let’s me know when things go down much more reliably.