Self-Hosting

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The Self-Hosting Responsibility Spectrum

Not all self-hosting is equal. The difference isn’t hardware, its operational accountability.

I took good look at my responsibility matrix and decided it was time for an upgrade to clarify where systems sit and what it all really means in practice:

Now let’s talk about what each level implies.

Homelabs, self-hosting, and doing whatever the fsck you want.

“Homelab” is one of those worlds that mean everything and nothing at the same time.

Depending on who you ask, it’s one of these:

• A rack of retired enterprise gear in a basement
• A single mini-PC running Docker
• A media server with ambition - and probably a storage array
• A philosophical commitment to independence

The same drift has taken place with “self-hosting.” For some, it only counts if the hardware is physically located in your home. For others, a VPS you manage yourself qualifies just as well.