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Re:What I Self Host by latexr on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:08PM (#45646328)
> The meaning is I install my own software and set up as I want.

That seems a bit vague. If you tell that to someone who never heard of self-hosting, they’d be excused for wondering if that means downloading from an App Store and opening the settings.

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Re:What I Self Host by Semaphor on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:24PM (#45646550)
I'd expand on it of my audience weren't HN ;)

Though I guess I missed "on a server"

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Re:What I Self Host by latexr on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:34PM (#45646672)
> I'd expand on it of my audience weren't HN ;)

Fair! Not everyone on HN is a programmer, but there is overrepresentation.

> Though I guess I missed "on a server"

Yes, that’s what I was thinking was missing.

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Re:What I Self Host by 47282847 on Monday October 20, 2025 @10:10PM (#45651695)
A phone can be a great “server“ too.
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