Looking to host a professional website from my own network, have a few questions.

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  • Hugo

    The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

  • I would recommend a static site generator (e.g., Hugo) over WordPress.

  • Nginx Proxy Manager

    Docker container for managing Nginx proxy hosts with a simple, powerful interface

  • If you do host it externally and you want to learn more about self hosting a variety of applications, I'd start with either a swag setup or Nginx Proxy Manager. Both of them will give you a good starting point for building out a wide variety of things.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • docker-swag

    Nginx webserver and reverse proxy with php support and a built-in Certbot (Let's Encrypt) client. It also contains fail2ban for intrusion prevention.

  • If you do host it externally and you want to learn more about self hosting a variety of applications, I'd start with either a swag setup or Nginx Proxy Manager. Both of them will give you a good starting point for building out a wide variety of things.

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