To my readers:

Thank you for getting my book. Please leave me a review. Good reviews will attract more potential readers. They’ll really make a difference …

📬 If you want to stay in touch, join my mailing list. Imagine the sound of me cheering as you do.

🏗️ How’s your self-hosting journey going? Is your server running? Is it awesome? I’d like to hear all about it!

❓ Stuck? Come to an in person workshop. I’ll …

Here are some resources I recommend for self-hosters besides what you’ll find in the More Resources chapter in the book.

selfh.st¶

selfh.st is a great place to keep up on self-hostable software. Ethan Sholly ships an excellent email newsletter once a week.

videos¶

I’m making short …

Come join a hands-on session to help each other get unblocked wherever we’re at, from curious consideration about standing up a server to adding and improving smooth-running services. These workshops focus on fundamental concepts, tools, and techniques from the book, although having and having read the book is not …

The standard quality paperback is now in global distribution. That means my printer will get it out to many places folks can actually pick it up, flip through it, and buy it.

I learned the hard way that self-publishing is hard (ok, I was warned, I did it anyway). One …

The paperback is ready!

You may buy one today.

Quality¶

I currently use Lulu print on demand.

I took my time experimenting with Lulu. They offer many choice combinations as far as materials and quality. I formatted and tested a few and landed on two versions: A “standard” economical and …

The book is done and I’m excited to set it loose!

I wanted to share paper copies first but printing this baby is challenging. It’s probably me: I want it to look great, I’m self-publishing, and I’m doing all this for the first time. So yeah …

Great job!¶

Thank you!

How much is it? Where do I get it?¶

See 💵 Buy.

I found a bug / typo¶

You rock. Will you please let me know about it and/or send me a patch?

I added ten services to mario¶

You rock. Will you share what you did …

I will be delivering my talk, “Steadfast Self-Hosting” on Sunday, May 5, 2024, 16:00—16:45 EDT (20:00 UTC), at the LibrePlanet 2024 conference, and I hope you’ll check it out!

LibrePlanet is a conference about software freedom, happening on May 4 & 5, 2024. The event is …

Early access to Steadfast Self-Hosting¶

The beta is now full and closed to new participants. Thank you for your interest. Original invite text preserved for posterity, below.

You’re invited! Be a part of a select group of individuals with the power to make a great book excellent. This is …