Self-Host & Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own

After watching the two PewDiePie videos where he learned about installing Arch (something considered quite hard, even for Linux enthusiasts) and building three products (camera for the dog, weather/drinking/meditation device, and who knows what comes next) based on open-source, 3D-printed parts, I started wondering about building things yourself, self-hosting, and tech independence. Something dear…