So, as any self-respecting datahoarder and selfhoster, I have my server rack populated with a few machines, churning along as they tend to my hobby-related projects. Now that I’ve started using Lemmy I’m toying with the idea of selfhosting an instance, as I have both the hardware, bandwidth, and skillset for it.
So my question is: Are there any advantages to it? And other than time and resources, what are the downsides?
The only time I’ve had to touch my setup is upgrading to new versions. It’s pretty hands off.
It really is. Once you get all the services running and configured correctly, they just chug along happily without being touched.