I recognize this will vary depending on how much you self-host, so I’m curious about the range of experiences from the few self-hosted things to the many self-hosted things.
Also how might you compare it to other maintenance of your other online systems (e.g. personal computer/phone/etc.)?
Once setup correctly, almost none.
I could spend a lifetime setting up my self hosted stuff correctly.
True, didn’t say that it didn’t take me an eternity to set it up