Best of self-hostingMay 2025

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    Self-Host Weekly (9 May 2025)

    This post discusses the state of self-hosted communication platforms, emphasizing the challenge of encouraging adoption amid popular hosted services. It highlights interoperability issues and mentions recent software updates and new releases in the self-hosting space, offering insights into the latest developments and projects.

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    What I Learned Building My First Self-Hosted App

    Sean Morley shares his journey of creating AdventureLog, his first self-hosted app. Despite lacking formal web development training, Sean successfully launched the app and learned valuable lessons about development, community, and persistence. His experience emphasizes the importance of building projects that matter to you personally, leveraging community, and overcoming self-doubt to create meaningful open-source software.

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    Self-Host Weekly (16 May 2025)

    This week's update covers Nextcloud's dispute with Google over app permissions, Pangolin's response to user feedback on feature restrictions, and the introduction of LoggiFly for log monitoring. Additionally, the community engagement via selfh.st reader contributions and support for independent self-hosting content is highlighted.