Well it's been a fairly awesome experience with a DIY Start9 server so far. I'm so glad I was able to put a replacement 2TB SSD in this 1TB i7 32GB mini PC I got off Amazon, without any problems. Got a full Bitcoin node up, my watch only wallets connecting through my own node, set up File Browser so I can safely host files I might need on the road from both my phone and my laptop, and am connecting to Nostr remotely through Iris as I type now on my server. Now I just have to start with a small amount of sats for testing and learning the ropes to get a Lightning node and BTCPay Server up. I need to learn the ins and outs and the risks before I risk anything more than I am willing to lose if something weird happens to my channels. Lightning kind of feels like the wild west to me right now. Anyone that has any good resources or insights that will assist in not getting rekt on my Lightning implementation would be handy. I have a feeling I am going to be watching a lot of @btcsessions tutorials this weekend.