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Overengineering my homelab so I don't pay cloud providers
After years on a VPS, I'm moving my self-hosted services home and using the opportunity to migrate to a more flexible and robust setup.
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After years on a VPS, I'm moving my self-hosted services home and using the opportunity to migrate to a more flexible and robust setup.
I don't want to self-host and think most individuals shouldn't host services for others. Yet I do it anyway, and even teach people how to.