708
What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
806 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] 180 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Self-hosting apps / homelab

Getting used enterprise gear is not prohibitively expensive, but the electric bills balloon very quickly.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 10 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I currently bought an old desktop from a friend that I use as my Homeserver.

    • I bought 3 HDDs for storage
    • I rent a VPS
    • I rented Proton to host mail for my domain, but switched to netcup groupware because that sucked.
    • Some domains
    • Electricity

    Wow I thought it was way more.

    One time costs: ~500โ‚ฌ Monthly costs: ~15โ‚ฌ Plus electricity, but I have solar. I assume it's about 150โ‚ฌ/year

    But I'm a cheap selfhosted, but eventually, I will have a huge ass Enterprise Level Rack in my basement.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    We need a r/homeDatacenter on lemmy!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I ran a "midrange" Sun at home for about ten years. The electric bill was painful, but I never had to turn on the heat in the winter.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •