For those self-hosting a lemmy instance, what hardware are you using? I am currently using a small Hetzner VPS. It has 2 vCPU, 2GB RAM and 40GB SSD storage. My instance is currently just in testing with me as the only user, but I plan to use it for close friends or family that may want to try this out, but might not want to sign up for a different instance. My CPU and RAM usage is great so far. My only concern is how large the storage will balloon to over time. I’ve been up for ~20 hours and it’s grown to 1.5G total volume since.
I experienced this too. If you’re logging in as an admin with email verification turned on, there is a bug that prevents you from logging in (since technically your email isn’t verified yet). I was able to get logged in by following the steps here (https://lemmy.click/comment/973) which included modifying the database table to mark your account as verified.