Selfhosted or not for python projects + blogs
reddit / selfhosted

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nofinancialliteracy · 2023-10-05 18:41

I plan to host a few small websites with different domains (2-3 blogs
for myself and some family members) and a few small services for my
own use with a Python backend [mostly some very simple dashboard style
pages but maybe a few machine learning related projects that may or
may not get resource intensive].

I have been considering doing it on my Raspberry Pi but am unsure if I
can keep it safe as a public-facing server. [This is actually what I
want to do since I want to learn how to host stuff on my own but it is
also a little too scary if I mess it up.]

Next, I thought about EC2/Lightsail. I am not sure how configurable
the Lightsail setup is and EC2 can get expensive so I am hesitant. I
am okay with paying $50-60/year, which means I can get shared CPU from
places like Namecheap or Digital Ocean (droplet?) as well but I don't
know if they can do everything I can do on a Raspberry Pi.

What would make the most sense for my use case?