New to self-hosting? Start with these 7 apps

Self-hosting is having a moment, but as interesting as it sounds, figuring out what you want to self-host is just as important as the process of setting it up. You can spin up containers all day long, but unless they’re solving a problem in your life, it’s just tinkering for tinkering’s sake.

It’s the problem I faced when I started dabbling with building a home server years ago. Community forums, Reddit, and even YouTube channels were full of interesting projects…