Probably my favorite thing about #selfhosting is fumbling around to get something running in a janky way and having it be good enough. Then you happen to revisit it a year later having learned a lot more without realizing it and are able to get things less janky
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I'm interested! How and what are you selfhosting?
I'm just using a simple RPI 4. I've got some basic things like Home Assistant, Pi Hole, Alby Hub, and, now, FreshRSS running on it. Got it on Tailscale so I can remotely access those resources without worrying about my public IP changing or opening ports. Nothing special, really. But I was deploying FreshRSS via Docker yesterday and was able to troubleshoot issues much more quickly than before
Thanks for explaining. What are the differences from this and what Umbrel offers?
Depends on what you're referring to specifically from Umbrel. In my case I assembled the hardware, installed Debian, and deployed applications (primarily as containers). Umbrel Home does all that for you. UmbrelOS requires you to acquire the hardware but handles all the software for you.
UmbrelOS has an app store similar to your phone making things very simple.
What I've done requires more effort, but is helpful for me to learn skills relevant to my day job