How to host a website

Hosting a website is like walking a tightrope, as there are lots of variables involved. You have to make sure your website’s always accessible yet affordable, low maintenance yet scalable. Get the balance right and you’ve got yourself a perfect website. 

And it all starts with where and how you host your website. Broadly speaking, you can either host a website yourself, which is popularly referred to as self-hosting, or pay someone else and use their web hosting platform to host your website. For all intents and purposes though, self-hosting doesn’t make much sense these days. 

Why self-hosting isn’t worth it