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0 pointsthe_third_wave4y ago0 comments

As I said, ignore the naysayers. Tell me, in what way is having (say) a Raspberry Pi running (e.g.) Debian on which you're free to install whatever you want - including something like Dokku or CapRover if you want to do the PaaS thing - an 'absurd' proposition? It sounds like a good suggestion to a question of this nature asked on a site called Hacker News.

I will never understand this fear of self-hosting. To me it is absurd to insist on using third-party services when it is so incredibly easy to setup and maintain your own.

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dbbk4y ago· 2 in thread

You're talking about someone literally installing solar panels on the roof of their house and buying a UPS. That's the polar opposite of the value proposition of Heroku. Your answer isn't helpful for this person.

the_third_waveOP4y ago

Use any old laptop and a) you won't need those solar panels while b) it comes with its own built-in UPS. If your place is anything like mine you'll have a few old laptops just collecting dust which are perfectly useable for hosting the average small service. Configure it to install security updates automatically, install your favourite PaaS package and you're off. Easy, cheap, accessible, decentralised. How much easier do you want it to be?

dbbk4y ago

This is assuming that people have laptops lying around, that they never turn off, and never take out of the house. Again, you're creating requirements here that are hurdles that people do not need when just deploying to a PaaS.

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