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[–] bretton.dev@coves.social 10 points 1 week ago (20 children)

Anyone have any recommendations?

[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Hetzner was good for me, but I went all-in on bare metal, with no looking back.

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

How did you do that, self host? Co-locate?

[–] dan@upvote.au 6 points 1 week ago

My guess would be renting a dedicated server, or a home server. It can end up cheaper than colo.

self host?

Hosting at home, renting a dedicated server, or colocating are all considered self-hosting.

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