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@zen3ger if you’re selfhosting you should seriously consider running something local, as unbound.
For extra bonus pair it with Pi-hole (or similar) for blocking.

@zen3ger

Meta-advice rather than specific recommendation:

If you go to their site, you should see a complete how-to section with entries on how to configure:

  • IPv6 AAAA records
  • MX, SPF, DMARC and DKIM records
  • dynamic DNS (e.g. client-based update of A and AAAA records)
  • turning auto-renewal on and off per domain

If you can't find clear instructions on all of that, it's a low-quality DNS service and you should pick a different one.

@dashdsrdash @zen3ger good advice!

and it should have an API so you can keep it up to date automatically.

cloudflare and godaddy both have good APIs, but are problematic for other reasons. if you find a good one you like, post here!

@zen3ger I'm still using Linode despite migrating most of my VPS hosting to Hetzner