Is it a bad idea to use my desktop to self host?

What are the disadvantages?? Can they be overcome?

I use it primarily for programming, sometimes gaming and browsing.

  • @qjkxbmwvzEnglish
    8•9 months ago

    Is power consumption a consideration? I want my self hosted server on 24/7, so a low-power single board is much more economical for me.

    Also, are resources a problem? If your game is maxing out your rig and some batch job on a self hosted service starts, that could be annoying — or it could be a non-issue, just depends on your usage both as a desktop and a server.