#self
11 discoveries · Hand-picked discoveries from the open web, newest first.
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Self-hosting and surviving the front page of Hacker News
IntroLast October, my post “Why I Ditched Disqus for My Blog” unexpectedly reached the #1 spot on Hacker News - and stayed on the front page for more than 11 hours. Overnight, a blog I usually run quietly from an old laptop-turned-server at home was under the kind of scrutiny I never prepared for. For context, a couple of years ago, I migrated from Ghost to Hugo, and started self-hosting in a truly DIY way - a setup that could reliably handle my modest regular traffic.
ryansouthgate.com · EN
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State of Homelab 2026
Evolution of a self-hosting hobby: from clueless to amateur.
Tech blog about the boring stuff. · EN
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Building a Self-Hosted Chess Blunder Trainer
When you cannot learn to play well - make a product to get better.
Tech blog about the boring stuff. · EN
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Services Worth Self-Hosting for Privacy
A few years ago, I decided I wanted more control over my data. I was tired of wondering what Google knew about me, tired of cloud services getting breached, and tired of relying on companies that could shut down tomorrow and take my data with them. So I started self-hosting — not to be optimal, but to be in control. If you’re here, you might be thinking about doing the same. Maybe you’ve heard about self-hosting but feel overwhelmed by where to start. Maybe you think it requires a server closet full of equipment and a networking degree. It doesn’t.
Posts on ilyess · EN
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What I'd Tell My Younger Self About Building Software and Scaling Teams
If I could go back in time, what would I tell myself? Lessons from a career of building software and scaling teams, in four pillars: product, process, engineering, and people.
George Guimarães. · EN
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Self-hosted analytics: How to track 53% more views
Last month, I released a new project. I was able to track 53% more views by replacing Cloudflare Web Analytics with a self-hosted solution (Plausible).
Cretezy — Technology & Programming · EN
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Why homelab? Building a proper self-hosted setup from scratch
From scattered containers to a proper self-hosted setup: hardware choices, the double NAT problem, and VLAN network design — how to build a homelab that actually keeps running.
CodeNSolder · EN
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Self-flying cargo planes are coming. Can they be safe with no one aboard?
A start-up valued at more than $1 billion wants to fly cargo planes with no one in the cockpit. First it needs to prove to regulators that they’re safe without a human aboard
Scientific American · EN
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Logic1000's radical self-acceptance
In the late 2010s Samantha Poulter, AKA Logic1000, dropped music that put her on the radar of some of dance music’s most celebrated acts. In the years since, the Sydney-born artist’s productions have ranged from deep house and UKG, to breaks, downtempo and experimental pop, displaying an emotional depth that’s earned her fans in all corners of electronic music scene. Now living in London, she catches up with Alice Vyvyan-Jones to discuss her new album ‘Confirmation!’, parenthood, playfulness and self-acceptance
DJ Mag · EN
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Architecting Governed, Self-Evolving AI Agents on Google Cloud
Learn how Project Chrysalis combines Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Agent Development Kit (ADK), BigQuery, and a four-gate defense-in-depth security stack (Model Armor, Cloud KMS, Binary Authorization, and OPA) to build governed, self-evolving AI agents that remediate live production outages in 1.8 seconds.
Google Developers Blog · EN