arthur@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)message-squaremessage-square533fedilinkarrow-up1345arrow-down19
arrow-up1336arrow-down1message-squareWhat single item improved the quality of your life over you got it? (Buyed it/got as present/made it)arthur@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square533fedilink
minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoThe value in self hosting is your passwords aren't exposed to the internet at all, and can only be accessed over VPN from outside the house. If you care about security and you know how to run a network properly, then it's definitely worth doing. In terms of things that can "go wrong", the first rule of homelab is "Back your stuff up", and the second rule of homelab is "Back it up again"
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSeriously, when you have a single small file which is that important, it's really not hard to make sure it's backed up in several places.
minus-squareMigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe issue he/she is taking about is reliability of personal infrastructure. Its never run a password manager without HA, and since I'm not going to run servers in HA, I suppose I'm sticking to pen and paper for the important ones
minus-squarepixxelkick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIm not sure I would classify "back up your access key" as HA but you do you
The value in self hosting is your passwords aren't exposed to the internet at all, and can only be accessed over VPN from outside the house.
If you care about security and you know how to run a network properly, then it's definitely worth doing.
In terms of things that can "go wrong", the first rule of homelab is "Back your stuff up", and the second rule of homelab is "Back it up again"
Seriously, when you have a single small file which is that important, it's really not hard to make sure it's backed up in several places.
The issue he/she is taking about is reliability of personal infrastructure. Its never run a password manager without HA, and since I'm not going to run servers in HA, I suppose I'm sticking to pen and paper for the important ones
Im not sure I would classify "back up your access key" as HA but you do you