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I saw this post today on Reddit and was curious to see if views are similar here as they are there.

  1. What are the best benefits of self-hosting?
  2. What do you wish you would have known as a beginner starting out?
  3. What resources do you know of to help a non-computer-scientist/engineer get started in self-hosting?
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[โ€“] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For 2.: use dns-01 challenge to generate wildcard SSL certs. Saves so much time and nerves.

[โ€“] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My open-source, zero dependency JS library for requesting and generating certs with dns01: https://github.com/clshortfuse/acmejs

I only coded for name.com but it is compatible with anything really. Also can run in the browser, which could be useful in a pinch.