Thomas Byern’s Practical Self-Hosting
Thomas ByernPractical self-hosting for people who want reliable systems, clearer decisions, and setups they can still trust six months later
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 39 | Founded | 3 months ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Databases for self-hosters: what they are, why apps need them, and why they change your backup story
SQLite vs PostgreSQL in beginner language, plus the operational habits databases quietly require
Many self-hosted apps are not just files. They are files, configuration, and database state. That changes how you upgrade them, back them up,...
Firewalls for self-hosters: What they actually control and where they stop
Inbound vs outbound traffic, default-deny thinking, and why a published port is not automatically safe to expose
Most self-hosting guides handle firewalls in one of two ways. They either skip the subject and assume you will figure it out l...
systemd for self-hosters: The Linux service manager you do not need to fear
Services, boot, restarts, units, and the part of Linux that quietly keeps your system alive
Linux starts to feel much less mysterious once you see services as managed processes, not just programs that happen to be running.
What a container image actually is: OCI, registries, tags, and what Docker is really downloading
The beginner guide to image formats, registries, tags, and why "latest" is not a deployment strategy
When you type docker run nginx, it is easy to treat the result as magic. An image appears, a container starts, and a web server begins acc...
HTTPS for self-hosters: certificates, ACME, and why renewals should be boring
What certificates do, how Let's Encrypt validation works, and when HTTP-01 vs DNS-01 matters
HTTPS feels magical until the first renewal fails. After that, it becomes easier to see it for what it is: one more small infrastructure lifecycle...
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