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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/NXTman96 on 2025-05-19 17:42:58+00:00.
I've been self hosting for a while now, mostly small things like game servers and home assistant (well, HS started as a small project). About a year ago I got big into it. I'm talking Jellyfin, Immich, Mealie, Linkwarden, Vaultwarden, and quite a few other things, and Authentik for those apps that support it.
Well, the Midwest had quite a storm last Thursday, and I have been without power since. I cannot tell you the number of times I have tried to use one of my services that just don't work right now. I flew too close to the sun. I took all of my data (well, most of it) into my own hands, and nature crippled me.
Thankfully I still have access to my Vaultwarden via the mobile app and a mobile install of the windows app on my USB. But image backup, streaming, email, and the likes are just gone. That is until I get my power back. I never realized just how convenient big companies are until now. Still not going back to big corpo, but I get now why a lot of people are resistant to self hosting.