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Self-hosting with an old laptop
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Hosting your own services. Preferably at home and on low-power or shared hardware.
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Yes, lots of people do this. Good idea to remove the battery if possible, or you'll have a spicy balloon eventually.
VPN (or cloudflare tunnel) is not a bad idea, but its not essential either, my server is publically exposed, and it largely isnt a problem. I only expose port 443 and some specific random high ports though. I wouldnt expose 22 to the internet.
Keep SSH, just dont expose to the internet, its always nice to have multiple ways into a box, incase one is hung or something.
If you can find a way to limit the battery to 60%, then you have a safe and cheap UPS.
Even better idea. Although if your power goes out, usually your internet goes as well, which somewhat diminishes the UPS value.
I put my cable modem and Wi-Fi router on their own UPS. If the power goes down, I still have internet for half a day.
That makes sense, although if its a severe power outage the other end might go out if they dont have a working UPS.
I've got a home battery, so its kinda like a bad UPS. Will run all day, but the switchover isnt seamless, so it hard-shuts down. Never lost any data though, so happy to keep risking it.
It gives you enough time to shut down properly and avoid data loss, which is what a UPS is supposed to do.
If you configure your power settings right, it'll run on battery then shutdown or s2d safely.