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Self-Hosting like it's 2025

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221 points finnlab | 3 comments | 01 Apr 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.278s | source
1. cullumsmith ◴[01 Apr 25 12:17 UTC] No.43545851[source]▶
Still running everything from my basement using FreeBSD jails and shell scripts.

Sacrificing some convenience? Probably. But POSIX shell and coreutils is the last truly stable interface. After ~12 years of doing this I got sick of tool churn.

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2. bitsandboots ◴[01 Apr 25 19:35 UTC] No.43550576[source]▶
Not just stable - also easy to understand when, if ever, something goes wrong. There's very little magic, very little layers of complexity.
3. Gud ◴[01 Apr 25 20:01 UTC] No.43550759[source]▶
Same. Why add the complexity of docker/kubernetes/?

FreeBSD and jails is so easy to maintain its unbelievable.