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For my site [0], I use a custom static site generator that I wrote myself in rust. [1] (Because you know what the world really needed more than anything else? Y
by azdle 10y ago
For my site [0], I use a custom static site generator that I wrote myself in rust. [1] (Because you know what the world really needed more than anything else? Yeah, yet another static site generator.) It's super basic right now, but it does the job.
Since it's a fully static site, I have Nginx serving it directly on a $5/mo DO server, along with a bunch of other crap. Static sites are great because they need almost nothing from a server for hosting.
Also, the site style is heavily inspired by [2].
[0] https://psbarrett.com/ https://psbarrett.com/
[1] https://github.com/azdle/virgil https://github.com/azdle/virgil
[2] http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/
- rajeshmr 10y agoI considered DO $5/month and then also considered posthaven which costs the same minus the hassles of maintaining and monitoring your own server.. just trying to explore and discover how the community maintains their blogs :-)
- azdle 10y agoFor me it came down to the fact that having a real VPS lets me host all my other projects on there too for the same price, and I'm a cheap bastard. I've got 19 different domains (including subdomains) hosting different things on that one VPS. None of them have an significant traffic to speak of and none of them make money, so having them all on the same server is the only way that I could reasonably afford to host them all.
- rajeshmr 10y agoFair enough:) Hey we all would like to experiment on low budgets and sure $5 VPS can do wonders for all the experiments and projects.
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- rajeshmr 10y agoBtw, I liked your blog - it's bare to essentials.. I tend to like such minimalistic approach. :)
- azdle 10y agoThanks!