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Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by stavros »

pbalau wrote: post #210
StavrosK wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sticking them all in a Postgres database with CloudFlare in front as a caching proxy. Hetzner gives me 3 TB of bandwidth per month, so I expect that to last me a long time. If CloudFlare hates my usage and I get enough users to make $50/mo, I'll buy a dedicated Hetzner server which comes with a 3 Gbit connection, which will hopefully mean that bandwidth still isn't a problem (or just pay CloudFlare).

> Hetzner gives me 3 TB of bandwidth per month, so I expect that to last me a long time. Oh summer child... one meme going viral on reddit is going to destroy your hopes for the future...

:(

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by rsp1984 »

stavros wrote: post #97
devy wrote: post #52

I found the "Money" page ( https://imgz.org/money/ )'s marketing style extremely distasteful and offensive. I understand the author is trying to be cool and all, but this is too much by piling up vulgar words all over, IMO.

This is for you: https://imgz.org/money-safe/

Hahahaha, this is gold!

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by _8j50 »

rando444 wrote: post #205
_8j50 wrote: post #46

Glad this exists. Still does not replace imgur. You just need a free tier. No way out of that. I am not paying you even $0.01 if I need to upload 2 memes and share it with 5 people. I can afford it but not gonna happen. Here is ideas: make it a subscription. Allow free hosting with no registration but let the image expire (unhost) after N views and rate limit clients. Don't freaking ask me for my email. No, I do not…

I like your ideas, but how do you retain control of your account? How do you prove that you are the owner? If someone manages to log in as you and takes over your account, how do you get it back without giving some method to contact you.

Recovery token. It can optionally be emailed but you will be advised to write it down on paper -- this is already done with some 2FA auth. Let me flip tables:what if someone got access to your email and took over your image hosting account. How will you recover? Now they have access to private images and they can host illegal content and you will have to prove in court your account was taken over.

I like pen and paper because you can lock it away somewhere safe. If your physical security is bad anyways, no recovery method can help you. Offline,simple and unhackable.

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Post by rlonn »

aeorgnoieang wrote: post #177
_8j50 wrote: post #104

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> If you're paying for something, the concept of an "account" has to exist in order to record the payment against. If you're paying for something, that generally transfers a chunk of personal information for anti-fraud purposes. Given that, an email is not a huge ask, and is very useful for e.g. billing reminders. It doesn't have to be a spam thing and GDPR is gradually cracking down on that. Now that makes little se…

> Why do I care about how a site keeps records of payments? I think you might want to care because that's a basic requirement of any legal business (or non-profit) pretty much anywhere. The service is also time-limited. Would you pay some amount for images to be hosted for a limited time? That seems like a perfectly valid decision. It may not be feasible to accept anonymous payments or accept credit card payments wit…

Also, an email or other means for the service to contact you, the user, is necessary for account recovery. Building a SaaS product without any efficient way to recover a lost password is silly. It leads to a ton of customer service headaches.

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Post by e12e »

StavrosK wrote: post #138
dylz wrote: post #134

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It's 1G "somewhat-shared" unmetered per dedicated and 20TB on their VMs. I don't believe they've ever offered a 3 TB option. Good choice though, their NVMe is also really nice on the VM line.

Ah, yes, you're right, it's 20 TB. I think you can pay them for a dedicated pipe, but I've never looked into it...

AFAIK the dedicated servers (at least the "server grade" ones with ecc ram) are all now "un-metered 1 gbps". If you get/buy 10gbps uplink, there's a quota again 20TB included (which is lifted if you commit to paying 1 euro/pr TB over).

They basically increased the included bandwidth to the point where it was hard to hit the limits om 1gpbs uplink (although 1 gbps maxed out 24/7 is theoretically 10 TB/day 300/month).

"Traffic usage is unlimited and free of charge. Please note that our unlimited traffic policy does not apply to servers that have the 10G uplink addon. In this special case, we will charge the usage over 20TB with € 1.00/TB. (The basis for calculation is for outgoing traffic only. Incoming and internal traffic is not calculated.) There is no bandwidth limitation."

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by wtfishackernews »

IshKebab wrote: post #199
efficax wrote: post #18

I thought about doing this as a form of easily managed passive income. But then I remembered: copyright takedown requests and child pornography. Keeping on top of bad actors with an image host sounds like a huge headache! And if you grow that means you have to hire people, and then how do you keep the price so low? Good luck!

And he even allows payment by bitcoin! I can't imagine who would want to host images without being traceable...

Bitcoin is traceable

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by StavrosK »

e12e wrote: post #217
StavrosK wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, yes, you're right, it's 20 TB. I think you can pay them for a dedicated pipe, but I've never looked into it...

AFAIK the dedicated servers (at least the "server grade" ones with ecc ram) are all now "un-metered 1 gbps". If you get/buy 10gbps uplink, there's a quota again 20TB included (which is lifted if you commit to paying 1 euro/pr TB over). They basically increased the included bandwidth to the point where it was hard to hit the limits om 1gpbs uplink (although 1 gbps maxed out 24/7 is theoretically 10 TB/day 300/month).…

Can you post a link? I don't see the uplink addon on their wiki, and I'm a bit confused as to how there's no bandwidth limitation if there's a data cap (I guess they mean speed).

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Post by strbean »

as1mov wrote: post #141
StavrosK wrote: post #128

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Ah, the MPAA way. It's hard to get the "angry owner" tone out with one swear, one swear says "professional but kind of flustered". I don't like gratuitous swearing either, but I think I got it right with the copy there (at least for my aesthetic). It's been a while since I read all of it at once, though, I wil re-read and adjust, thanks.

The language is fine. I actually find it much more refreshing than the usual onslaught on buzzword laden services that pop up on HN. You can edit the language as much as you want, the puritans won't be satisfied. If this is your hobby project, I doubt you are looking for enterprise signups who are pretty anal about such things. This will mostly used by individuals, who mostly wouldn't mind at worst, or be amused by i…

I find your commenting style extremely distasteful and offensive.

I understand the you are trying to be cool and all, but this is too much by piling up vulgar words ("anal") all over, IMO.

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