I just recently started hosting my personal website in my closet on a laptop: https://notryan.com.
I also host a Discourse forum. It's pretty snappy for being in my closet (https://forum.webfpga.com) Beats paying DigitalOcean $15/month ($180/year!) for a machine with 2vCPU + 2 GB RAM (the minimum for Discourse).
I think more people should consider self-hosting, especially if it's not critical. It makes the Internet more diverse for sure.
I also host a Discourse forum. It's pretty snappy for being in my closet (https://forum.webfpga.com) Beats paying DigitalOcean $15/month ($180/year!) for a machine with 2vCPU + 2 GB RAM (the minimum for Discourse).
I think more people should consider self-hosting, especially if it's not critical. It makes the Internet more diverse for sure.