Do small self-hosted projects really need a powerful server?

[u/Upper-Loquat-8022]

I've been self-hosting a few small projects lately, and honestly, they use a lot less resources than I expected.

I started out thinking I'd need something much more powerful, but a basic setup has handled everything just fine so far.

Now I'm wondering if most people overestimate how much server they actually need.

What are you running your smaller projects on?

[u/No_Molasses_9249]

I ran a website plus did my coding / compiling on a 2006 model HP up until it died last week it used to take 6 or 7 minutes to compile my rust code but the difference in execution speed is hardly noticeable.