At the start of the year I decided move Pinboard from the rented servers it was running onto my own hardware. I’ve written before about the tradeoffs of various hosting strategies and my reasons for avoiding virtual servers, so I won’t repeat my rationale here. But I’d like to stress that nothing about these posts is prescriptive. In fact, I have no idea what I’m doing. I do it, I write it up, and then wisdom pours down from the Internet.
So please don’t do what I’ve done, unless it’s the right thing for you.
I love Pinboard, and I love hardware, so this post is my favorite for the day.