Most of us tend to treat self-hosting as a set-and-forget process. Most of the work has to happen during the setup process, where you’ll spin up a container, point a reverse proxy at it, and if everything goes right, everything just works. That’s mostly true as far as it comes to simple dashboards, static sites, and even some tools that don’t tend to change much. But once you set up services that sit at the center of your digital life, think home automation, passwords, network DNS, these services are far and away from set and forget. Not every day, but you’ll definitely want to be checking in every few weeks for updates and maintenance.