It used to require a lot of attention but in the last year it's been running smooth. Running umbrel on raspberry pi currently. I like Phoenix, Zeus, alby for lightning if you don't have a node. Let's you open up channels and add liquidity when needed.

We built Magma & liquidity subscriptions to make node management be maintenance-free! Magma optimizes channel openings based on your node and the network. Connecting to the Rails cluster connects your node to one of the most active hubs in the LN. As a result, higher payment throughput!