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Cloud services and hardware alternative (lemmy.world)

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I was under the assumption that Raspberry Pi was a US based company, but I just found out they are European and almost all made in Wales.

It’s probably the most European computer you can buy, with a massive following of enthusiastic developers creating alternatives for all the cloud services we are trying to stop using.

This has confirmed my choice to try and replace the US based cloud services my family and I are currently using.

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[-] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago

I've thought of self-hosting a website at home on something like a Raspberry Pi but I thought of two problems with that idea:

I think most ISPs don't like it if you try to host a website on a domestic internet connection, so maybe they would cancel your contract at some point.
If somebody out there doesn't like the website you're hosting then maybe they would try to attack your home server and therefore your home network, and maybe they would compromise your home network. Maybe it's just safer to host a website on something like Hetzner.

I don't know if I'm just worrying too much. Maybe I am.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago

Certainly depends; and it depends on traffic volume!
Definitely something to consider; many folks (myself included) use a free/cheap VPS as the endpoint, and reverse proxy to home, via some VPN (WireGuard in my case). Works well, and lots of guides online.

[-] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

Maybe I should try that. Thank you for the info.

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