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Is this not a chance for github to make some money? I'm about to launch a site on github pages (simple html site, no backend) and there's a tiny chance of it go

by JamieF1 10y ago

Is this not a chance for github to make some money? I'm about to launch a site on github pages (simple html site, no backend) and there's a tiny chance of it going viral. If it were to reach the 100k limit for requests I'd be more than happy paying github to keep it hosted there. I already have hosting with the likes of hostgator but they probably couldn't even handle 100k like github would.

rickyc091 10y ago
There's also surge.sh which is pretty good for static sites. It's essentially Heroku but works with a single HTML file. It's free as well.
- k__ 10y ago
  is this something like zeit/now?
  - rickyc091 10y ago
    Yep, looks like it! Looks like there are more limitations with zeit though. At least from the free tier.
newscracker 10y ago
For simple static pages (with no backend), I would highly recommend putting them on Nearly Free Speech (NFSN) [1] and using the free tier of CloudFlare in front of it. NFSN charges only for what you use, unlike hosts like hostgator and others that have a monthly payment of a few dollars, at the minimum. Excluding domain costs, it will cost you just pennies a year or a few dollars a year. You can also opt for cheaper bandwidth on the site if you wish. Without ClouldFlare in front, your costs on NFSN may become quite high depending on the size of the content and number of requests. [1]: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net
- blackguardx 10y ago
  I used to host some stuff on nearlyfreespeech. I liked the idea in principle, but keeping my account topped up and them charging me extra fees just to pay them became annoying. I switched to Amazon S3 and couldn't be happier. It was harder to setup but worth it.
  - abraham 10y ago
    > them charging me extra fees just to pay them became annoying NFSN isn't charging you extra fees to make payments. They are being transparent about the fees everybody else hides in the total cost.
    - blackguardx 10y ago
      Not really. Look at their fee structure. It is more expensive than what Stripe, Paypal, and Square charge.
  - user5994461 10y ago
    If you run a personal site on S3 and you get HN level traffic, you're gonna get a very bad surprise on your bank account at the end of the month.
    - jjnoakes 10y ago
      With caching in front I wonder how big the risk is.
      - user5994461 10y ago
        I'd qualify it as "not worth it".
dyeje 10y ago
It's probably more of a headache than it's worth. Static site hosting is a low margin market that GitHub probably has no interest in entering.
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brianllamar 10y ago
To add to the list of alternatives, try netlify it has a free tier with no build limits and provides a pretty liberal and free open-source plan that has more feature than GitHub pages. https://netlify.com/open-source https://netlify.com/open-source. Just throwing out there as well. you can also connect your github repo to have a atomic deploys, which is more than you get from gh pages. https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/08/11/from-unstable-to-reliable-a-release-engineering-journey/ https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/08/11/from-unstable-to-rel...
user5994461 10y ago
For simple sites, I'd advise http://wordpress.com/ http://wordpress.com/ it's free and it can take any traffic you throw at it.

by JamieF1 10y ago

rickyc091 10y ago

There's also surge.sh which is pretty good for static sites. It's essentially Heroku but works with a single HTML file. It's free as well.

k__ 10y ago
is this something like zeit/now?
- rickyc091 10y ago
  Yep, looks like it! Looks like there are more limitations with zeit though. At least from the free tier.

newscracker 10y ago

For simple static pages (with no backend), I would highly recommend putting them on Nearly Free Speech (NFSN) [1] and using the free tier of CloudFlare in front of it. NFSN charges only for what you use, unlike hosts like hostgator and others that have a monthly payment of a few dollars, at the minimum. Excluding domain costs, it will cost you just pennies a year or a few dollars a year. You can also opt for cheaper bandwidth on the site if you wish. Without ClouldFlare in front, your costs on NFSN may become quite high depending on the size of the content and number of requests. [1]: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net

blackguardx 10y ago
I used to host some stuff on nearlyfreespeech. I liked the idea in principle, but keeping my account topped up and them charging me extra fees just to pay them became annoying. I switched to Amazon S3 and couldn't be happier. It was harder to setup but worth it.
- abraham 10y ago
  > them charging me extra fees just to pay them became annoying NFSN isn't charging you extra fees to make payments. They are being transparent about the fees everybody else hides in the total cost.
  - blackguardx 10y ago
    Not really. Look at their fee structure. It is more expensive than what Stripe, Paypal, and Square charge.
- user5994461 10y ago
  If you run a personal site on S3 and you get HN level traffic, you're gonna get a very bad surprise on your bank account at the end of the month.
  - jjnoakes 10y ago
    With caching in front I wonder how big the risk is.
    - user5994461 10y ago
      I'd qualify it as "not worth it".

dyeje 10y ago

It's probably more of a headache than it's worth. Static site hosting is a low margin market that GitHub probably has no interest in entering.

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brianllamar 10y ago

To add to the list of alternatives, try netlify it has a free tier with no build limits and provides a pretty liberal and free open-source plan that has more feature than GitHub pages. https://netlify.com/open-source https://netlify.com/open-source. Just throwing out there as well. you can also connect your github repo to have a atomic deploys, which is more than you get from gh pages. https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/08/11/from-unstable-to-reliable-a-release-engineering-journey/ https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/08/11/from-unstable-to-rel...

user5994461 10y ago

For simple sites, I'd advise http://wordpress.com/ http://wordpress.com/ it's free and it can take any traffic you throw at it.