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Self-hosting offers developers a unique opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of software operations beyond basic development tasks. It involves learning about networking, system administration, security, and DevOps. Engaging in self-hosting can build confidence, improve problem-solving skills, and open up career opportunities in cloud infrastructure. The post encourages developers to start small with easy-to-manage services, emphasizing the educational value of practical experience.

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This seems like a good starting guide for self-hosting which is something I would love to learn to gain DevOps skills.

Self-hosting is the fastest way to level up from just coding to truly understanding how real-world systems run. 👍

Do you have any specific advise for those who want to be able to gain experience and knowledge in working with AWS? I guess some of the examples you have mentioned make sense in self hosting and later can be tarnslated into AWS environment as well, but is there some “fun” project that can help me gain knowledge that is especially helpful for AWS?

I have my own VPS almost 4 years. I was born again when i started to work with it. I have 6 JS apps, mail server and databases on Ubuntu using docker, NginX and PM2. I think everybody can learn basic linux, certs, and stuff to configure. Its cheap and just everything works fine.

I totally recommend CJ’s self host 101 on YouTube to everyone who wants to start it’s an up to date free course available in syntax YouTube channel.