tags: self host, configuration management, tinfoil hat
layout: post
---
@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ My website is hosted from a 2007 HP Pavilion tower that my best friend, Vlad, a
<!--more-->
I previously complained to Vlad about how untrustworthy I felt cloud providers are regarding data privacy. He finds this computer by sheer accident, and that, by the way, he uses Arch Linux[^archbtw] so he recommends that I breathe new life into it using Arch, and to see if I can self host some of my own services.
I previously complained to Vlad about how untrustworthy I felt cloud providers are regarding data privacy. He finds this computer by sheer accident, and that he uses Arch Linux, btw[^archbtw], so he recommends that I breathe new life into it using Arch, and to see if I can self host some of my own services.
**I present my journey into self hosting: a rant, a recipe, and a retrospective.**
_I present my journey into self hosting: a rant, a recipe, and a retrospective._