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  • HybridSarcasm@lemmy.worldMtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldWhy You Should Self-Host Everything
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    6 months ago

    I still use the label ‘homelab’ for everything in my house, including the production services. It’s just a convenient term and not something I’ve seen anyone split hairs about until now.

    if nothing on it is permanent. You can have a home lab where the things you’re testing are self hosted apps. But if the server in question is meant to be permanent, like if you’re backing up the data on it, or you’ve got it on a UPS you make sure it stays available, or you would be upset if somebody came by and accidentally unplugged it during the day, it’s not a home lab.

    A home lab is an unimportant, transient environment me