> The issue is that the complexity of the modern systems have gone beyond what one person can keep in their head and maintain. This is doubly true when one considers the amount of time investment to keep on top of patches and CVEs.
I dislike that this myth keeps getting thrown around. I’m not the brighest person around but the state of my self hosted applications, be it config, patch level, etc is probably the easiest part of running them. Configs aren’t archaic like they used to be, OS patches itself when setup, and everything just works. I somehow manage to run this, with a busy work schedule, a busy home life and a 2 year old who just wants my attention all the time.
Hosting and keeping home intranet things up and running isn't too much of an issue.
Hosting and running a 3rd party instagram clone on my home intranet that is available to the outside world isn't something that I'd be comfortable doing.
On the other hand, the bluehost Wordpress instance keeps itself nicely updated. I'm ok with that. Likewise, the GitHub pages site is out there and I don't even have to slightly think about that one.
The difference between the home intranet and home hosted intranet available services is a significant distinction for me.
I wouldn't be comfortable running home hosted intranet available solutions for anything. Nor would I want my parents or siblings to be running such.
I shudder to consider how many home networks were compromised with Minecraft systems last month... and how many are still vulnerable.
While you and I may be practicing safe and reasonable network policies and staying up to date with vulnerabilities for services running on our systems - that level of technical understanding and responsibility isn't something that is commonly found in the general populace.
I would be hesitant to suggest that people should be hosting their own services on their own networks and without a managed solution.
> The issue is that the complexity of the modern systems have gone beyond what one person can keep in their head and maintain. This is doubly true when one considers the amount of time investment to keep on top of patches and CVEs.
I dislike that this myth keeps getting thrown around. I’m not the brighest person around but the state of my self hosted applications, be it config, patch level, etc is probably the easiest part of running them. Configs aren’t archaic like they used to be, OS patches itself when setup, and everything just works. I somehow manage to run this, with a busy work schedule, a busy home life and a 2 year old who just wants my attention all the time.