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So, this whole thing kicked off because I hit a wall with local storage - it just doesn't grow with you forever, you know? Plus, putting all my eggs in the basket of other companies felt a bit risky with all the changing rules and government access stuff these days.

What I ended up with is pretty cool: a personal file vault where I'm in charge. It treats any outside storage like it can't be trusted, and all the encryption happens right on my computer. I can even use cloud storage like S3 if I need to, but I never lose control of my own data.

Honestly, it just kinda grew on its own; I never set out to build a product. I'm mainly sharing it here to see how other folks deal with these kinds of choices.

You can check it out at https://www.leyzen.com/

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[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I have dabbled in that with streaming to multiple platforms via a VPS. It definitely is stretching the definition of self hosting.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been using a VPS for a while now. I still maintain it, so it's very much like self hosting.

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it's almost exactly the same in terms of software maintence, but of course you don't actually host anything. I like the idea that, if the WWW goes down, I'll still be able to control my smart home (locally of course) and such. Using a VPS is like semi-self hosting. I can't really think of a good term for it, so I can see why it's still grouped into self hosting.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, I only put specific things there. Management and monitoring things. The services are still local.