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Self-Hosting like it's 2025

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221 points finnlab | 4 comments | 01 Apr 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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TrayKnots ◴[01 Apr 25 11:31 UTC] No.43545501[source]▶
I am actually worried about the self-hosting pandemic. We self-hosters will stop flying under the radar. Wonder how long it will take until our matrix instances require to be backdoored, our immich are scanning our pictures with AI.

On an unrelated note, an article of how to rent a VPS in China would be interesting :)

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1. pjc50 ◴[01 Apr 25 11:35 UTC] No.43545532[source]▶
> an article of how to rent a VPS in China would be interesting

Given that apparently it's quite difficult to even get a WeChat account without a national ID, I suspect that step 1 is "learn mandarin" and step 2 is "get a Chinese national ID".

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2. thenthenthen ◴[01 Apr 25 12:19 UTC] No.43545864[source]▶
Also your home modem/router is often tied to your ID and then there is ofc the firewall. IIRC You can get vos hosting and ICP code through Ali Cloud somewhat automagically. Agree it would be nice to give it a try some time.
3. vbezhenar ◴[01 Apr 25 12:35 UTC] No.43546015[source]▶
I didn't have any problems creating wechat account. May be I was lucky, I don't know, I just typed my phone number and it went pretty smooth, like whatsapp. Also was able to connect my visa card. I did it in the Kazakhstan and then was able to pay in China, no problems. May be they got exception for Kazakhstan specifically, we recently got visa-free travels there.
4. TobTobXX ◴[01 Apr 25 12:39 UTC] No.43546066[source]▶
Did you try? It's a few years ago when I had to create one, but it was just as simple as WhatsApp (just a few more CAPTCHAs). And no VPNs or whatever, straight from a Swiss IP.