I'm a software developer currently in the process of setting up a new personal site. The goals are 1) Google insurance (somebody who searches for my name should find some good, real info about me) 2) A place to put content I'd like to share (personal programing projects, slides of talks, language reference sheets etc) 3) A place to point people to so they can see what kind of guy I am before meeting me (both personal - blog, pictures etc and professional - resume)
I was planning to get VPS hosting, and run everything myself (Apache, MySQL, Wordpress, Gallery, Svn-Server, Trac etc). But in the process, I realized that almost everything I need is available as a cloud service: Blog on wordpress.com, photo gallery in flickr, code hosting on github, slides on slideshare and so on.
It's 2010, is it still a good idea to run your own webserver for a site like this?
Main advantage of cloud hosting:
A lot less work, leaves more time to create content.
Main advantage of my own server:
You gain experience on the admin side, too. And you're fully independant if a cloud service is shut down.
What are your thoughts on this?
Also, if you run, or know of, good examples of such a site, I'd be thankful for a link to it.
I was planning to get VPS hosting, and run everything myself (Apache, MySQL, Wordpress, Gallery, Svn-Server, Trac etc). But in the process, I realized that almost everything I need is available as a cloud service: Blog on wordpress.com, photo gallery in flickr, code hosting on github, slides on slideshare and so on.
It's 2010, is it still a good idea to run your own webserver for a site like this?
Main advantage of cloud hosting: A lot less work, leaves more time to create content.
Main advantage of my own server: You gain experience on the admin side, too. And you're fully independant if a cloud service is shut down.
What are your thoughts on this?
Also, if you run, or know of, good examples of such a site, I'd be thankful for a link to it.