2023
Is self-hosting for everybody?
Self-hosting is great: you control the server, the software & your data. That’s all. Or not?
I think there is a lot understimation about the drawbacks related to self-hosting.
I self-hosted Wordpress for several years and during that time I had some issues while upgrading it, also theme and plugin conflicts where always behind the corner.
Wordpress is a great piece of sofware and very versatile. It is easily customizable, but this can also be a problem once we talk about compatibility. Something can break suddenly and if you are self-hosting you have to understand what’s going wrong.
What I experienced with Wordpress can happen with every piece of software you decide to install on your server. It can be Nextcloud or a Mastodon instance, no matter what you install, there may always be some problems while running your software.
Another issue while we talk about self-hosting is security. Server misconfiguration can expose your data to hackers, if you are not a security expert data breaches could be part of the game.
In my opinion self-hosting is great because you have full control of everything, but such power comes with great responsibility.
You need time to understand the software, install it, update it and fixing if something is going wrong.
All of this requires time and time is money.
If you are not a techie person (or if you don’t want to spend much time working on the server) then probably you should look for an hosted service.
Luckily there is not only Mastodon. I really like that there are different fediverse softwares like Calckey, Pixelfed, Soapbox, Akkoma & Takahe. You can try all of them and pick up the one you like the most. 💛
Doing some digital decluttering recently. I removed some apps & services from my daily routine. Next step is concentrating more on (micro)blogging.
Lately on the fediverse there was a lot of debate about the decision that the official Mastodon app will indicate mastodon.social as the primary instance. I really do not like such approach which is the opposite of decentralization. 🤖
Just updated my about page. 😉
Where have I been
Inspired by Manton blog post I’ve done a recap of the countries I’ve visited over the years.
- Italy
- Switzerland
- France
- Austria
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Greece
- United Kingdom
- San Marino Republic
- Vatican State
- Principality of Monaco
- Principality of Seborga (that’s the only unrecognised micronation I’ve visited so far 😉)
It’s Republic Day! 🇮🇹
After reading this article I’m ruminating about the differences among Minimalism and Essentialism