The existence of Tailscale has made me a lot less scared of self-hosing than I used to be, since it provides a method of securing access that's both robust and easy to setup.
... but I still worry about backups. Having encrypted off-site backups is essential for this to work, and they need to be frequently tested as well.
There are good tools for that too (I've had good experiences with restic to Cloudflare B2) but assembling them is still a fair amount of overhead, and making sure they keep working needs discipline that I may want to reserve for other problems!
... but I still worry about backups. Having encrypted off-site backups is essential for this to work, and they need to be frequently tested as well.
There are good tools for that too (I've had good experiences with restic to Cloudflare B2) but assembling them is still a fair amount of overhead, and making sure they keep working needs discipline that I may want to reserve for other problems!