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Bonus points: Invite people who aren't technically savvy / motivated enough to selfhost, to use your services. You can be the agent of change for more people than just yourself! Maybe it can be your gift to them. Maybe they'd be happy to help you out with something they're good at.
A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements
The first post in a four part miniseries about self-hosting for newbies via YunoHostElena Rossini
My way of rebelling against techbros and autocrats:
December 2024: quit all Big Tech platforms and start #selfhosting essential services
December 2025: write guides for newbies about how to self-host
I'm also in discussion with a blogger I admire to start a podcast about tech... where we'll focus on solutions (instead of problems)... aiming to inspire others to join in...
It's been a really heavy year but these little acts of rebellion give me hope ✨
Self-hosting does not make your data safe.
If you don't put in place, review, *and test* backup and recovery plans,,and security measures appropriate to the risk, your data are not "safe".
Your data might be less affected by the whims of third parties, which can be valuable for sure, but don't confuse that with your data being "safe".
And I say this as someone who loves self-hosting.
Any "beginners' guide to self-hosting" which doesn't lead with, or at least focus on, security and resiliency, is getting it wrong, IMHO.
This article by @parisba is why #CommunityHosting and #SelfHosting need to be normalised. They are the only way we can stop scenarios like this happening:
You might think this couldn't happen to you, but it could happen to anyone. It's especially scary as most big tech companies are in repressive countries.
It's much easier and cheaper than you think to make your own online services. I've done a site for non-technical people at:
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple Developer ID, and everything associated with it, and…Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison (hey.paris)
Another blog, another day. And let's talk about music. So have fun with this reading.
jeferson.me/blog/2025/12/12/ho…
#ConsumerRights #Digital #Enshitification #Homelab #Jellyfin #MediaServer #Ownership #Piracy #Privacy #Streaming #VPN #SelfHosting
Hommy
Do you really 'own' your music? Or you are just another peasant in the online feuds of the megacops?jeferson.me
Self-Host Weekly #149: A Few of My Favorite Things
My #favorite apps of 2025, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #wastebin -- a lightweight #pastebin app, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!
#selfhost #selfhosting #foss #opensource #homelab #newsletter #devops #sysadmin #development #privacy #security #fediverse #software
Self-Host Weekly #149: A Few of My Favorite Things
Bidding wars, mobile bookmarks, and my favorite new self-hosted apps from 2025Ethan Sholly (selfh.st)
New post: "A newbie's guide to self-hosting with #YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements"
🔗 : blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbie…
I can't believe my #selfhosting one year anniversary is coming up next week. @yunohost truly changed my digital life - for the better.
This is a 1st post in a 4 part miniseries intended for real newbies.
And now excuse me while I go hide in a cave expecting irate replies from sysadmins about certain things I wrote 😅
#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting
A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements
The first post in a four part miniseries about self-hosting for newbies via YunoHostElena Rossini
Just published one of my favorite pieces I get to write each year - my favorite #selfhosted apps launched in 2025.
Let me know what I missed!
selfh.st/post/2025-favorite-ne…
#selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #development #devops #sysadmin #server
My Favorite Self-Hosted Apps Launched in 2025
A look back at some of my favorite self-hosted software and applications released in 2025Ethan Sholly (selfh.st)
I just published a new blog post about my #selfhosting plans for 2026 and... I remembered to add this pic (a scan of my own handwriting) at the bottom of the post.
It's now more important than ever: "written by a human"
🔗: blog.elenarossini.com/my-so-ca…
#NoAI
🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 357 (big picture edition) 🖼️
A post detailing my self-hosting plans for Q1 and Q2 of 2026: moving my PeerTube to a new dedicated serverElena Rossini
New blog post!
A postmortem on how my VPS got infected with a crypto miner through, probably, a vulnerability in a docker container. And that has shown all things I have been doing wrong with administrating my server and self hosted services.
With many thanks to @louis @agturcz and @cichy1173
#blog #vps #selfhosting #umami
I got hacked, and that has uncovered all the things I've been doing wrong
A vulnerability in a docker container caused my VPS to catch a bugstfn.pl
