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I build my own stuff.

Mailchimp for my Daily Inspiration mailing list? Nope. I've got a Linux server with Sendy using Amazon SES for mailing list distribution, with a signup form via Carrd.co. Dirt cheap compared to alternatives. It's fronted by AAPanel since it's Apache.

Mastodon? I've got my own instance, so I'm @jimcarroll on futurist.info. That's on a small scale Vultr server, about $10 a month.

My Web site? A self hosted Linux server with Wordpress front ended by CloudPanel for server management since it's Nginx. A Hetzner box.

My 'other' Daily Inspiration site to replace Substack? it's a Ghost server on a Linux cloud somewhere, also fronted by CloudPanel.

And don't even get me started on my 'server farm' that I've got downstairs in my home with some old Macs running Linux, a couple of Zimablade's, a few PC Linux boxes and a 2009 Mac Pro tower.

How are they used? A good example - cheap webcams at home and the chalet? I grab the feed via RTSP into Sighthound and SecuritySpy hosted on said machines so I don't have to pay a company for my webcam stuff out in the cloud.

I could go on.

Build your own stuff.

It's therapeutic.

Daniel Wayne Armstrong

@jimcarroll That's impressive! I just moved my blog from Netlify to self-hosting on a VPS on DigitalOcean. I think self-hosting my own Fediverse instance is a 2025 project.

@dwarmstrong I documented it ; I think it's the pinned post on my profile.