TLDR Web Dev · OPINIONS & ADVICE

SOME THOUGHTS ON PERSONAL GIT HOSTING

shkspr.mobi9 min read

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

This dev experimented with hosting his personal Git projects on his own instance, using PikaPod to manage the server. He faced challenges moving away from GitHub, including network effects, difficulties with forking and discoverability, administrative overhead, and the loss of sponsorship opportunities. Despite these drawbacks, he plans to move smaller repos to his personal server while leaving popular ones on GitHub in order to try to decentralize his projects.