How much time are you spending maintaining your node? I'd say it's around 15-30 minutes per month for me.

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Same here. Would be quicker if I switched to Docker but I’m too used to doing the little wget-xz-mv-systemctl dance now

There is nothing wrong with a manual process if that works for you.