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Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by wiether »

ferngodfather wrote: post #30
thih9 wrote: post #3

I’m a happy OVH user, their free static hosting (part of their paid domain service) is enough for my needs. I’ve been using that platform for more than 10 years now. At the same time I like that there are more alternatives.

My issue with OVH is the support is God awful and half French. Someone made a complaint about my server and their default stance was to nuke me from orbit and ask questions later. Oh and their "data centers" are just shipping containers that are prone to the occasional fire. Much happier with Hetzner, even though it's more expensive.

I partially agree with the first part, but:

  > Oh and their "data centers" are just shipping containers that are prone to the occasional fire.
AFAIK they have a very limited number of DC built reusing shipping containers, most of them, including the ones built in the last ten years, are regular buildings built from scratch or repurposed.

AFAIK there have been ONE instance of a DC taking fire, and it wasn't built from containers.

https://lafibre.info/ovh-datacenter/incendie-sur-un-site-ovh...

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by flyingshelf »

sgt wrote: post #96
bialpio wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mind sharing what (if anything) you're using to version that website? I'm wondering what folks use instead of git nowadays.

Back in the day people used to build a website without any versioning. Just make it and upload it. Make a change, upload it again.

Then people realized why that's such a bad idea

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by flyingshelf »

omnimus wrote: post #93
Gooblebrai wrote: post #91

Out of curiosity, does a Ltd from the UK counts as EU nowadays after the brexit?

The website says European not EU. UK is without much doubt in europe.

> You can register and use a .eu domain if you are an EU or EEA citizen regardless of where you live, a resident in the European Union or European Economic Area, or a business or organization established within the EU/EEA.

UK is neither.

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by TeMPOraL »

isodev wrote: post #65
nonethewiser wrote: post #62

Wait, so Europeans dont want to use github pages? And would rather pay 9 euros/month?

For less than a cup of coffee yeah.

Problem with "less than a cup of coffee" has always been that those "cups of coffee" are usually per month, and they quickly add up.

Also hardly anyone drinks $9 coffees regularly.

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by jasonvorhe »

selfhoster1312 wrote: post #94
jeremyjh wrote: post #52

If you'd like an EU hosted Git Forge to back it, Codefloe offers a free built-in integration with no restriction on personal or private repositories. https://docs.codefloe.com/pages/

Why would i use codefloe and not a more reputable non-profit provider like codeberg/disroot/framagit? It says it's community owned, but i only see one codefloe team member on the forums and a few people (like you). I didn't find any good community rules or pricing, any political statement about the mission, etc. The only thing i found deep in the comments is that it seems to be for people who don't want FLOSS? Also t…

Haven't used Codefloe but at least they're not restricting what projects you can host with them. I don't see any preachy neo-Luddite "don't use AI" or "no private repos pls" messaging on their site.

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by flyingshelf »

gls2ro wrote: post #88
reconnecting wrote: post #48

I like it. But not 100% EU. Status page sends data to Google, Doubleclick, etc (1) "In Brief: statichost.eu does not collect or share any personal information or data. " (2) Every page contains a hidden 1px pixel img that collects 15+ parameters: https://queue.simpleanalyticscdn.com/simple.gif?version=cdn_... ... 1. https://status.statichost.eu 2. https://www.statichost.eu/privacy/

I think you are picking on the product by sharing a (real) critique of the marketing website. The product says "100% European static website hosting" it does not make any promise about the actual marketing website they have that will be privacy protected. So yes, you are right they used in their marketing website maybe some trackers and even so based on the link you shared here they seem to use https://www.simpleanal…

That's not a good excuse. If the whole selling point is that you're gluten free you can't have grain flour on your fliers.

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

#109

Post by jasonvorhe »

bartekpacia wrote: post #25
a3w wrote: post #22

Swedish company, nice. But "European values" seems to be a non-statement. Doesn't European also possibly mean St. Petersburg, Malta, Cyprus, Istanbul, Greenland, or Switzerland? I.e. being not the same as EU hosting?

It’s obvious and implied that “European” here means “EU”, especially when talking about values. Low effort comment.

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Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by pkal »

bialpio wrote: post #95
pkal wrote: post #2

I'm using this for my mother's website ( https://www.touchofglass.eu/ ), and my only complaint is that it assumes you version a website in a Git repository. You can work around it by uploading a tarball or something like that, but it is far less convenient than using sftp/rsync. But considering that we are far into the free 10GB a month and I only have to update it very infrequently, it seemed like the best solution.

Do you mind sharing what (if anything) you're using to version that website? I'm wondering what folks use instead of git nowadays.

Not really, I just use Emacs' versioned backup files that are automatically generated. As I said, I don't have to update the site that often, so it is entirely sufficient. An advantage for me, besides not having to write Git commit messages, is that I also don't have to version images in Git, which I don't like doing.
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