Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Why it's insurmountable to self-host my website. If it wasn't for YouTube and Patreon, I'd shut it down forever.

Website: trafotin.com

Donate:
✨ Patreon: patreon.com/trafotin
▶️ YouTube Membership: youtube.com/channel/UC5U7mHlhP6s6478wd7ZvnhA/join

Links:
▶️ YouTube: youtube.com/@Trafotin?sub_confirmation=1
🦑 Peertube: spectra.video/c/trafotin
🐘 Mastodon: https://vt.social/@trafotin
🦋 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/trafotin.com
𝕏 (Formerly Twitter): https://x.com/trafotin
📁 Gitlab: gitlab.com/trafotin

🪙 Crypto:
XMR: 84ZpcYxjfkT7uFGXgmi2jH2wyhUBMx8hGBJ3sAp478rKSShMAJHR3DhVVPSwCAskReRBPifzpA5Vu7HPpzAxHUux3SFS4bh

👇 Sauce:
trafotin.com/v/websites-are-impossible

Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Bot Protection
2:15 Containers: Choices and Restrictions
4:20 Website Name & Server Software
9:00 The Real Failure of Self-Hosting
11:11 My (Ignored) Cry For Help
13:45 Outro