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I just started self hosting. I have been really enjoying it so far but I'm nervous that the excitement will wear off soon unless something stressful or even catastrophic happens. Any advice?

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I set up some stable systems and some home lab stuff. The homelab stuff is in constant state of near disatser as i keep playing with stuff. If it works well I backup, look at my roll bacl plan, and implement it on stable cluster.

Rinse repeat.

Stable stuff keeps the doubt at bay (and rebuilding tools you get used to using stinks), near disaster keeps the bordom at bay.