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The most significant cost has been my time, but that’s my pet project in which I get to experiment with new technologies, so it pays off nicely. Also, you can
by leafac 6y ago
The most significant cost has been my time, but that’s my pet project in which I get to experiment with new technologies, so it pays off nicely.
Also, you can support me: Recurring (Patreon): https://patreon.com/leafac https://patreon.com/leafac / One-time (PayPal): https://paypal.me/LeandroFacchinetti https://paypal.me/LeandroFacchinetti
In terms of server costs, it all runs smoothly on a $6/month DigialOcean droplet. Even when I end up on the front-page of HN (it’s the second time this happens). And there’s also the ~$10/year for the domain.
There’s actually a fun story behind this: The biggest constraint is bandwidth (~500GB/month). I was using S3 and at some point that’d amount to $50/month. But DigitalOcean droplets give you 1TB/month, so to save money I rearchitected the whole thing to just use the filesystem. It turned out to be simpler and nicer to maintain, too. Fewer moving parts.
Fun stuff…