Finally up and running with an Akkoma instance now. Will play around with this for a week or two but chances are this will become my primary account in the end.
If you haven't been following along I've been frustrated with Mastodon consuming too much server capacity, and have wanted to try something more suited for a single-user instance.
My research led me here, and by truly pushing the boundaries of my server skills I managed to set up my own #Akkoma instance.
It's not pretty (not much Fediverse software seems to be), but it gives me a lot more control in a much more streamlined install. I will likely design my own theme for it as well.
You can read more about Akkoma here: https://akkoma.social/
And thank you to @m who really highlighted many of the advantages of Akkoma.