4 articles tagged "opinion"
The Raspberry Pi 5 is the gateway drug of self-hosting, and a used 8th or 9th gen i3 office desktop is what I moved to. Here is the honest comparison, price, power, performance, Quick Sync transcoding and the one thing the Pi does that the i3 never will.
A new RIPE Labs study shows email consolidating around two providers, and the takes write themselves. I have run my own mail server for two years, and the numbers describe a trend, while my inbox describes a choice.
I added up what my self-hosted stack replaced and what it costs to run, hardware and electricity and my time included. The number surprised me, and not only in the way you would expect.
Cloud services are convenient — but at what cost? Here's why 2026 is the year to take back control of your digital life.