I think the same idea can be applied to the backend as well, instead of creating a firebase account, and allowing someone else’s code to magically serve your tiny website. Granted, its not as simple as Tiny Website , but it is just as satisfying to build something on the backend that is “your own”, as least in my humble opinion.
Tiny websites are great
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#62Since we're talking about tiny websites, and this seems pretty relevant: If it's only static HTML and CSS, it's just a bucket o' files. You can store things like that on S3 for... I don't even know how little. A tiny amount. You will not find a cheaper hosting option than this. I made this site on S3, using Svelte, which is intentionally the humblest, smallest step up from plain JavaScript HTML & CSS, at the link bel…
You will find a cheaper hosting option. GitHub and GitLab pages are both free for static sites. I've used both, they both are pretty painless. You basically click "make this a website" and tell it your URL. Automatically HTTPS, completely free.
Wow, I didn't know you can even hook up your own custom domains (looking at GitLab pages). That's pretty amazing.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a cool initiative. The HN in me wants to critique it a bit. Why no markdown or WYSIWYG editor? Is it because that would turn it into wordpress? I feel like there's a place for a service that can, * Host static content like netlify/neocities on a CDN * Allow you to register a domain * Choose a template and enter content with basic markup This should be able to be done in edit: ~~markup~~ markdown/WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG editors are universally bad, and so are Markdown ones. The benefit of Markdown is that you just write it in a text editor. You don't need syntax highlighting to use it effectively. Take reddit, as an example, which got millions of people to write perfect Markdown as intuitively as writing English.
I like entering markdown in text editors, it gives me the freedom to format without fighting the editor. A preview panel helps, and yeah reddit demonstrates that people can learn it.
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#64Since we're talking about tiny websites, and this seems pretty relevant: If it's only static HTML and CSS, it's just a bucket o' files. You can store things like that on S3 for... I don't even know how little. A tiny amount. You will not find a cheaper hosting option than this. I made this site on S3, using Svelte, which is intentionally the humblest, smallest step up from plain JavaScript HTML & CSS, at the link bel…
> You will not find a cheaper hosting option than this. Services such as Netlify, Surge.sh, and Firebase Hosting can do this at absolutely no cost and you get HTTPS.
Now that I know this, I may try setting up a free static site with Firebase hosting, with a custom domain (my sticking point, before).
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#65I tried to apply the philosophy of keeping things as simple as possible while writing https://saityi.github.io/sml-tour Initially, I wanted no JS and for it to look good in a text-based browser like links, too, but I've strayed from that a bit. Syntax highlighting of the code examples was easiest with a javascript include, and the TOC is a mess hidden by CSS, so it looks particularly egregious in text-based browsers.…
Why not do the syntax highlighting beforehand instead of on the fly? For example, I use Rouge to highlight all my code as the site is generated.
No reason at all; I think I will go look into doing that now. I think it should be a quick fix :)
Thank you for the idea!
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#66Why take so many steps to do something so simple? That defeats the whole purpose
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#67Why not go a step ahead and host it on a raspberry pi from your home. Then one could copy the text file directly to the public folder or create the file in the rpi itself.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, they let you drag and drop a zip file to create a site, but is geared more towards companies/professionals. Neocities is more geared towards a community of independent creators, though, so I'd rather support/promote them for indie stuff.
That's a cool initiative. The HN in me wants to critique it a bit. Why no markdown or WYSIWYG editor? Is it because that would turn it into wordpress? I feel like there's a place for a service that can, * Host static content like netlify/neocities on a CDN * Allow you to register a domain * Choose a template and enter content with basic markup This should be able to be done in edit: ~~markup~~ markdown/WYSIWYG
Shameless plug, this is what we are offering on https://appdrag.com
WYSIWYG editor + Code editor + templates + domains + CLI + much more :)
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#70I love this initiative in principle, but the instructions left a rather sour taste in my mouth. Create a Firebase app, download and install Node and run some arcane cli commands? For what? To upload a 10-byte HTML file somewhere? Please, do yourself and us a favour and sign up for a free account on https://neocities.org , and make a quirky website by hand for all of us to enjoy. I half want to write a post like this…
Yeah I also was a bit thrown by the tiny website morphing into installing firebase