4 self-hosted services I regret trying to rely on

I love the idea of self-hosting all my apps and services. Not being reliant on commercial cloud services is a dream. The idea of cutting out big tech, taking back control and running my own slice of the internet from my own server excites me. It smells of freedom. No subscriptions or being tied to terms and conditions, or being at the back and call of a third party service’s uptimes. All that sounds incredible, but it isn’t how it always pans out. When you’re running a self-hosted stack, you’re the IT guy, you’re the support and you’re the maintenance. Updates break things, usually at the worst possible time, services become unreliable, and you’re spending more time fixing things than enjoying them. I’ve tried enough self-hosted apps to know that some are simply not worth the effort to me and maybe to you. These are the four self-hosted services that I regret trying to rely on the most.

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Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments

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Outlook is Microsoft’s neglected masterpiece

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I ditched Docker Desktop for native containers and everything is better

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4 self-hosted services I regret trying to rely on

The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn’t selling it yet — they’re asking for help to build it

AMD just dropped a compact AI workstation that makes discrete GPUs look outdated for running LLMs

In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is a risk factor

Home a**istant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home’s infrastructure

Someone built a fully motorized Lego WALL-E controlled by a PS4 controller, complete with a built-in taser

You, too, can build this ESP32 ePaper device that tells your fortune

‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing

Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments

Outlook is Microsoft’s neglected masterpiece

I ditched Docker Desktop for native containers and everything is better

I spent weeks chasing a DisplayPort problem that HDMI solved in seconds

Roku is offering up to 90% off streaming subscriptions, but you only have until Sunday

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