The services are maybe hosted by myself, but the servers aren’t mine. I’m only borrowing a small chunk of resources from some company, so can it still be considered self-hosting?

  • RivalarrivalEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I would say that the software side all qualifies. You’re setting up the full software stack; that’s definitely self-“something”.

    I, personally, would only consider it “self hosting” if I can take a sledge hammer to the bare metal without getting arrested.

    But, I acknowledge that is an arbitrary, puritanical distinction. I don’t look down on VPS; they have specific pros and cons, and I use them myself. I just think that “self hosting” includes hardware factors, not just the software.