Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂<p>🏕️ my adventures in <a href="https://aseachange.com/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a> - day 100 (milestones edition) 🎊<br><br>Good morning Fedi friends!<br><br>Today I'm filled with gratitude as I think back about all the ways I have changed - and become more empowered - since I installed <span class="h-card"><a href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@yunohost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yunohost</span></a></span> on my VPS on December 17, 2024.<br><br>The biggest difference is my state of mind. For example, yesterday I started using <a href="https://aseachange.com/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a>, after setting up an account on the instance MakerTube. I am enjoying it IMMENSELY. I uploaded a couple of my videos there but then immediately thought: I should set up my own instance!<br><br>If you had told me 4 months ago that one day I would be a couple of clicks away from setting up my own PeerTube, I would have thought you were hallucinating. But <a href="https://aseachange.com/tags/yunohost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YunoHost</span></a> has given me this power and confidence – for which I am infinitely grateful.<br><br>Since early February 2025 I have also gotten a bit of experience installing things on a separate VPS with command lines. Even if my self-hosted Ghost blog has given me lemons so far (Mastodon Hug of Death, you're to blame for this!) I am undeterred. I will try tweaking my NGINX settings next week, to set up a reverse proxy and increase my cache. Or heck, I could block Mastodon preview card requests and all my problems would go away. (If someone knows how to do that, please let me know!)<br><br>100 days of self-hosting, wow! I feel like a completely different person. Digital sovereignty rocks.<br><br>What are my goals for the next 100 days?<br><br>1) solving my self-hosted Ghost blog troubles<br>2) getting an education in caching, reverse proxies and the like<br>3) setting up my PeerTube instance<br><br>Thank you for encouraging me to go on this journey and for all your incredible advice and generous offers to help. This is truly the best community ❤️<br><br><a href="https://aseachange.com/tags/mysocalledsudolife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MySoCalledSudoLife</span></a> <a href="https://aseachange.com/tags/yunohost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YunoHost</span></a></p>