I would put it on IPFS.
Jokes are fun and all, but we should at least try to answer the question.
Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
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Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#12archive.org, assuming their legal troubles don't take them down. Upload it to there, and ta-da! Body of work. If text, collect it into a book and upload it to LibGen or something also - plenty of shadow sites mirror it. (Yes, it'll be harder to charge for it, but it will probably live on.)
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#13Hacker News and GitHub. Your contributions to these platforms are syndicated in datasets like The Pile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pile_%28dataset%29 Stay away from platforms like Reddit that gatekeep your data to extract rents.
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#14Publish it as a physical book, deposit it with the Library of Congress (or comparable institution in your jurisdiction).
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#15Self-publish a book, and get a library to add the book to their collection.
Libraries will not take self published books very often - I know because I asked them. If they do take it this year, it may well be purged next year. Over the lsat ten years, every library in Australia has had a massive purge.
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#16The best I can think of is hosting a static site on the Netlify free tier, i.e. example.netlify.app. Nothing to renew or maintain.
Nothing lasts forever. A few do, however, last for a long time, the best being a few decades, especially in the digital world.
I can guarantee that Netlify [insert other freemium hosting providers] will eventually die sooner than you think.
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#17> Own physical bedroom server requires maintenance which can’t be done when you’re dead.
How about just putting the things onto a USB disk, or several of them, for redundancy purposes? One hopes JPEG and PDF (or HTML) will be around for another 100 years. No guarantees for USB though, the USB standard might be USB 3.2 Gen 17x69 Rev 42 Type Q in a few years.
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#18The best I can think of is hosting a static site on the Netlify free tier, i.e. example.netlify.app. Nothing to renew or maintain.
Honestly I doubt that's the best you can think of. Try harder?
Netlify was founded in 2014. That's 10 years ago. They probably won't be around in 2034, let alone 2030. I can almost guarantee it.
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#19Archival quality CD's are the way to go if it is for your own families use.
For example https://www.verbatim.com/subcat/optical-media/cd/archival-gr...
A great site explaining the differences in discs is https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/con...
Re: Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?
#20Print ~10 copies on paper as a book with archive quality paper. If you are 25 today (2024) you might have adult children in 25 years time; adult grandchildren in another 25 years and great grandchildren 10 years after that (in 2084). The internet, URL's and websites will be very different by then. Think about the world 60 years ago (1964). This was around the time that 7400 series TTL integrated circuits were release…
Just make sure to use acid-free paper.