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I assume most users here have some sort of tech/IT/software background. However, I've seen some comments of people who might not have that background (no problem with that) and I wonder if you are self-hosting anything, how did you decide that you would like to self-host?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've worked in auto repair and real estate. Have no professional experience.

Why self-host? Because its cool. And for privacy. And save a few bucks on subscriptions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

As someone with a strong tech background, that's just impressive to me. It's cool to see non-technical people are interested in self-hosting too, and for good reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I didn't say I was good at it. I've used various GUIs that simplify things a bit (Yunohost, CasaOS, ZimaOS, Runtipi, Unraid, TrueNAS, etc. but they all seem to be missing different things that each other have. Yunohost makes things as simple as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Still impressive imo, I have friends who work in IT who don't even self-host lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I don't blame a lot of IT professionals for not wanting to self host. Especially if they are maintaining services for a living. When you do that same thing you do at work at home it gets very annoying quickly.