--- title: Best selfh.st posts — May 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted selfh.st posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2025/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2025/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best selfh.st posts — May 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted selfh.st posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of selfh.st — May 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/self-host-weekly-9-may-2025--z26ybk0nk "Self-Host Weekly (9 May 2025)") Article selfh.st · 1y Self-Host Weekly (9 May 2025) This post discusses the state of self-hosted communication platforms, emphasizing the challenge of encouraging adoption amid popular hosted services. It highlights interoperability issues and mentions recent software updates and new releases in the self-hosting space, offering insights into the latest developments and projects. 280 9 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-learned-building-my-first-self-hosted-app-hta5weemj "What I Learned Building My First Self-Hosted App") Article selfh.st · 1y What I Learned Building My First Self-Hosted App Sean Morley shares his journey of creating AdventureLog, his first self-hosted app. Despite lacking formal web development training, Sean successfully launched the app and learned valuable lessons about development, community, and persistence. His experience emphasizes the importance of building projects that matter to you personally, leveraging community, and overcoming self-doubt to create meaningful open-source software. 125 2 [See all selfh.st archives](/sources/selfhst/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2025/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2025/05","name":"Best selfh.st Posts — May 2025","description":"The most upvoted selfh.st posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2025/05#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/self-host-weekly-9-may-2025--z26ybk0nk","name":"Self-Host Weekly (9 May 2025)"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-i-learned-building-my-first-self-hosted-app-hta5weemj","name":"What I Learned Building My First Self-Hosted App"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"selfh.st","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2025"}]}]} ```