I run a webserver (a k3s cluster, actually) from home, but considering how generous the free tiers of cloud providers are (Google Cloud in my case), why waste your home internet bandwidth for a personal site?
In terms of my home server, I mostly point subdomains at it to test projects running on my laptop (via an nginx proxy_pass), or share photos/music with friends. I used to use it a lot more when I why working away from home.
Outside of web facing uses, it's nice to have a central place to store and retrieve files from multiple devices. I'm using a an older i5 Intel NUC, and it works great.
> considering how generous the free tiers of cloud providers are (Google Cloud in my case), why waste your home internet bandwidth for a personal site?
Because arbitrary ToS "violations" are a thing, and good luck getting that fixed with them.
In the case of static sites, it can be as simple as copying the latest version to a new server and updating your DNS records. I would try to avoid lock-in not only for the reasons you stated but also to be able to freely shop around for better options at any point.
In terms of my home server, I mostly point subdomains at it to test projects running on my laptop (via an nginx proxy_pass), or share photos/music with friends. I used to use it a lot more when I why working away from home.
Outside of web facing uses, it's nice to have a central place to store and retrieve files from multiple devices. I'm using a an older i5 Intel NUC, and it works great.