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Self-Hosting like it's 2025

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221 points finnlab | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 10:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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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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1. 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.