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		BinaryIgor 81 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Self-Host? You can always host your stuff on a few machines and then create a few DNS A records to load balance it on the DNS level :)

jcgl 81 days ago [–]

This sometimes works, sometimes not. Because of how DNS resolution works, you're totally at the mercy of how your DNS resolver and/or application behave.

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