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Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by mtlynch »

embedding-shape wrote: post #162
mtlynch wrote: post #54

I've been looking for a new static host recently since Netlify raised prices and is terrible at preventing bot traffic. Here was my assessment of Netlify from the perspective of a small customer who just wants static hosting (and not build minutes). Pros: - Run by a single person, so customer service is responsive and comprehensive - Focused mainly on static hosting without extra complexity Cons: - Run by a single pe…

So, just as a curiosity, why don't you create a $5/month VPS or something even cheaper, throw nginx/apache/caddy on there, make it fetch from a git repository once a minute or whatever, then call it a day? What does the service need to provide for it to be worth paying so much more for? This $5/month VPS can effectively handle hosting 100s of static websites for you without breaking a sweat, unless you're doing somet…

I've seriously considered it, but then the VPS is my single point of failure. If there's a new nginx/apache/caddy/linux 0day that could compromise my server, I have to care about it and update.

My websites typically serve 500 GB to 800 TB of bandwidth per month, and I run my businesses on static sites. It's not often that I get a big burst of visitors, but it happens a few times a year, and I wouldn't want to lose out on hundreds to thousands of dollars in sales because I was trying to save $20/mo on hosting.

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by rrr_oh_man »

embedding-shape wrote: post #178
rrr_oh_man wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Enlighten everyone, me included, please?

About the differences between the EU and Europe? Didn't someone already explain the difference to you in the past or somewhere else? Look at Wikipedia otherwise.

Good job picking a fight! You’re the best!

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by cxr »

jeremyjh wrote: post #167
cxr wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The amount of Codeberg FUD one can encounter on HN is unreal. I'm starting to question whether there's an organized effort behind it. Both personal and private repos are explicitly permitted in the Codeberg TOS: > Private repositories[…] allowed for really small & personal stuff like your journal, config files, ideas or notes, but explicitly not as a personal cloud or media storage.

> journal .. config file .. ideas or notes So, not code for personal projects? Right? A private git repo with my own code, is not permitted. More to the point of this thread - there is no specific affordance for a personal website.

> So, not code for personal projects? Right?

No, not right. Still wrong:

"Use it for your personal notes, your side project or any other[sic] you want to keep private".

(That's even ignoring that I was addressing the claim that you actually made, which is different from the one you're making now; you're moving the goalposts.)

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by KellyCriterion »

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.

Extreeeemly capable person, your Mum! Just WOW!!!

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by jasonvorhe »

embedding-shape wrote: post #160
jasonvorhe wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As if there wasn't a massive amount of nuance between "you may keep your dotfiles private but don't upload your photo library". If their rules read this arbitrary, I wouldn't trust them to host any of my stuff, especially considering that you always have to hope they don't change their rules any further. Assume you did some local LLM stuff in June that worked with a 200MB set of various jpegs and you wanted to keep i…

> , I wouldn't trust them to host any of my stuff, especially considering that you always have to hope they don't change their rules any further. Yeah, I think this is a win-win for both parties. You strike me as someone who would "ride along the lines of the terms of service" basically, and you'll see anything not explicitly forbidden as being allowed essentially. While Codeberg is a project driven by humans, with h…

What a weird take coming from a pro-Codeberg perspective considering that many their users I are proudly #actuallyautistic people who would prefer strict rules to follow in order to feel secure.

> The rest of us, who are OK with humans making decisions rather than just going by what's written in rules [...]

Better speak for yourself and not infer from your own views to others. With bad intention this could be interpreted as if I was incapable of dealing with human decisions when all I stated is that I mistrust people who rugpull me.

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by jeremyjh »

cxr wrote: post #204
jeremyjh wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> journal .. config file .. ideas or notes So, not code for personal projects? Right? A private git repo with my own code, is not permitted. More to the point of this thread - there is no specific affordance for a personal website.

> So, not code for personal projects? Right? No, not right. Still wrong: " Use it for your personal notes, your side project or any other[sic] you want to keep private ". (That's even ignoring that I was addressing the claim that you actually made, which is different from the one you're making now; you're moving the goalposts.)

That language is not in the terms of service. The word "side" does not appear on that page.

The terms of service state:

> Private repositories are only allowed for things required for FLOSS projects, like storing secrets, team-internal discussions or hiding projects from the public until they're ready for usage and/or contribution. They are also allowed for really small & personal stuff like your journal, config files, ideas or notes, but explicitly not as a personal cloud or media storage.

The TOS Section 1:

> Our service is open for all projects covered by a licence for free and open source software, free and open source hardware, or free cultural works as defined by § 2 (1) 1.

So the "FUD" I am spreading is literally the headline of the legal terms of service. There is an organization behind the spread of this information, and it is Codeberg e.V.

Re: Statichost.eu – European static site hosting

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Post by po1nt »

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #184

I would be in the market for Europe-based static hosting and am glad that more European services are popping up, but this has one massive drawback: Unpredictable cost (unless you manually set a limit with support, then it presumably changes into unpredictable availability). With everyone moaning about AI crawlers I have no idea how far 10 or 500 GB bandwidth go nowadays, and I don't want to need to know. At all-inkl.…

I don't like the "proudly made in USA" type marketing. It should not matter if the service is good.
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