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One of the 'services' I host is a simple interface on a server that allows me to easily upload files and get sharable links to them.
At this point it's used by more than just me, a bunch of people in my circle use my instance to share files.
In case anyone else finds this useful: https://github.com/aaviator42/izi
There's a demo here: https://aavi.xyz/proj/fakeizi/
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When I researched Nextcloud in the past, I avoided it because of warnings like the ones in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25481465
Ctrl+F search that thread for "failure".
If Nextcloud has solved whatever issues were happening in 2020, it still doesn't necessarily instill confidence because one can remain skeptical and assume there are new issues still happening in 2023. E.g. https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues
It's going to take time to wade through all those issues to determine if there are any showstoppers that would affect one's installation. This doesn't look like a low-maintenance solution.
About my business? Sure! It's at https://kubesail.com and we sell our hardware at https://pibox.io :)
Our best feature is that the website will detect if you're on the same network as your machine and if so, offer "local" links instead of remotely proxied ones. That way non-technical users dont need anything fancy. On top of that, the "local" urls still get valid HTTPS certs for free, so non-technical users dont get any scary browser warnings.
We started out as a way to make self-hosting easier for corporations, but the users who joined our community were mostly home-hosters, so we leaned into that! Jellyfin is now our most popular app.
- a reliable billing model for less technical users. It has to be impossible to rack up huge cloud bills
For now I guess it's just not yet mature enough. But I would like to see the serverless mentality finding it's way into self-hosted software communities.
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36986980
An example of what I mean: https://github.com/full-stack-serverless/conference-app-in-a...
I don't see any reason why that shouldn't also work for more typical self-hosted applications
- a reliable billing model for less technical users. It has to be impossible to rack up huge cloud bills
For now I guess it's just not yet mature enough. But I would like to see the serverless mentality finding it's way into self-hosted software communities.
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36986980
An example of what I mean: https://github.com/full-stack-serverless/conference-app-in-a...
I don't see any reason why that shouldn't also work for more typical self-hosted applications
https://internetcomputer.org/ seems to promise that. but i still can't wrap my head around how that is supposed to work. does it turn every participating computer into a remotely accessible CPU so your code will run on random machines somewhere in the world?
This is a very complete article that covers most of the pitfalls of self-hosting services.
As someone who self-hosts a good chunk of the services that I use, I am in total agreement of the challenges that face the poor souls individuals that seek alternatives to big tech.
From Oracle (allegedly) randomly shutting down instances [0] to Google doing A-B testing on how to further lock down Youtube videos.
It truly is a treacherous journey for the self-hosters.
[0] https://gist.github.com/yewtudotbe/c16a69ddad88a37c2a364a5ff...
[1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4027#issuecomment...
For photos I recommend Immich (https://immich.app/) - recently switched from nextcloud to immich and it's ridiculous that this is free and opensource software - it feels so premium.