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chasd00 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Go ahead, self-host Postgres

Just fyi, you can put whatever you want in /etc/hosts, it gets hit before the resolver. So you can run your website on localhost with your regular host name over https.

scott_w 6 months ago [–]

I’m aware, I just picked one example but there are others like instead of a mail server you’re using console, or you have a CDN.

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