Good morning Fedi friends!

[Gast]

Good morning Fedi friends!

Feeling a little emotional today as I reflect back on one year of #selfhosting.

This toot from December 17 2024 shows off my excitement over signing up for my first VPS and installing #YunoHost: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113667636910565210

If you check out the full thread you can see some of the challenges I faced in the early days. It's only been a year but it feels like a lifetime ago. When I read back, I think: who was this person? _ (task) is so easy! Like, why be scared of tweaking DNS records? ​

I will write about the highs and lows in a proper blog post. Spoiler alert: there were mostly HIGHS ️​

For now, I want to express my gratitude to:

​ @shollyethan who encouraged me by saying (I'm paraphrasing) "go for it, you learn by doing things"

​ @ilja who recommended I check out YunoHost (I had never heard of it before)

​@yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr for empowering me to self-host so many great FOSS tools... and upgrading and maintaining them in a super easy way

@stereo for helping me test my first self-hosted app (this #GoToSocial account)

And thank you to all the sysadmins and programmers who have helped me troubleshoot problems this year. I found that tech support on the Fediverse takes less than a minute 🥰​​

I'm really #GratefulForYou ​

#MySoCalledSudoLife