Yeah that’s a good point about updates, but what about security vulnerabilities…

About templates, it’s true that my setup is far from being one-click-deployable, but I feel like it takes even more effort to make it as a template?

I do have time and mental energy, I am just starting to be less interested in spending them on server administration… (but I know that it’s a compromise anyway, cuz using the normie services has a hidden cost on the long term)

I’m referring to: updating the software (and making sure with the changelog that there is no breaking change I have to adapt to), dealing with issues (it’s not the first time my server is down and I have to investigate…), and occasionally do migration (if a software becomes abandonned, a tech becomes deprecated…)