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this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2026
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IDK what's happened to you or why your post got removed.
Obviously "self-hosting" as a term is broad and subjective.
IMO this community discusses hosting services in an environment where you're responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining your own stuff.
A purist might argue that self-hosting doesn't include services residing on a VPS, but what's the point of excluding those discussions from this community? In practical terms the nature of the activity is the same.
I mean by definition it isn't self hosting as someone else is hosting the service for you.
You're welcome to your own definition.
Whether you're configuring a docker container running on a server in your basement or on a VPS the issues you encounter are going to be much the same. The definition of self-hosted isn't really relevant.
If you want to exclude people running services on rented hardware that just seems dumb.