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Will you use your home server to host your website? How hard do you think it is? Are you skilled enough to do that?

I have a home server but I don't use it for web hosting. Right now it isn't being used at all.

I've thought about repurposing my old desktop into a home server. I'll just need to clean it up, and make sure it still works. I also need to find the space to set it up at too.

I still haven't got around to converting my old desktop into a server. I know how to install XAMPP now so I could if the computer works. I cleaned it up but I've been too afraid to plug it in lol. I also took the graphics card out of it since it was dying before I stopped using the computer so I'm sure it's completely dead by now.

I haven't done it, I don;t know how to do it but I would like to explore that option some day. Does it cost a lot of money to set up a home server, is it too technical thing?

It doesn't usually cost much, you can typically get away with some old hardware with an O.S. (preferably Linux for the light weight aspect of it but Windows would work with XAMPP).

A home server can be as complicated or as simple as you want it to be. However, I would do some really good research before you go and make your home server publicly accessible over the Internet!

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As for myself, I have a home server setup but the services we have have no need to be available to the public so the only way we get into it is through Tailscale.