Several classes of things can go wrong, and you need to consider how your Pi will recover from each of them — and weigh the risks of each solution against its benefits.
This new set of posts in my Raspberry Pi Reliability series covers each class of issues I’ve run into, and what I’ve done to solve them. As a bonus, these posts also include some tips on monitoring, mainly using Uptime Kuma.
https://www.dzombak.com/blog/2023/12/Considerations-for-a-long-running-Raspberry-Pi.html