A sweating Trafotin with a cartoon crack in his back with the logos of Docker, nginx, Cloudflare, and Traefik.

It's Impossible to Self-Host Anything "Correctly"

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

August 26, 2025 · 10 min · Trafotin
Trafotin screaming at the GoDaddy, Namecheap, and Cloudflare logos.

Buying Domain Names Blows Big Time!

Want to get started with self-hosting? The first thing you need to do is buy a domain name. Turns out, there’s a ton of things nobody talks about, especially when it comes to safeguarding your data.

June 9, 2025 · 11 min · Trafotin