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I think what scares a lot of people is the prospect of maintaining a server, configuring it to be secure and keeping it up to speed with security updates. With

I think what scares a lot of people is the prospect of maintaining a server, configuring it to be secure and keeping it up to speed with security updates. With a cloud product, the only concern becomes keeping your project's dependencies updated which is less intimidating. It's something that's on my mind when I think about launching a site that's intended to draw a significant userbase. Back in the day I'd set up VPS instances with nginx+unicorn+rails and it was relatively smooth, but security has seemingly become so much more critical that I don't know I'd trust myself to get all the biggest holes patched up and more importantly, keep them patched.

pjc50 3y ago
Yes. It's the "servers should be cattle not pets" philosophy; then you realize that having one server necessarily makes it a "pet" that demands periodic care and feeding with occasional emergencies that cost money or wake you up at night. Also: people use big services for discovery. If you write a blog, nobody's going to read it unless you get out there on the social media and promote it.
- detourdog 3y ago
  Discovey as a reason to spend money is another web ad fantasy. The old days discovery was by word of mouth. The trust deficit goes down when one doe t rely on discovery. How important is it to discover a blog post no one is talking about?
  - pjc50 3y ago
    It's important to the writer, surely? Why write if you have no readers? I mean, ultimately that's why we're writing these comments here to each other rather than each on our own web sites?
    - detourdog 3y ago
      The attitude before discovery was if you build it they will come. I see most people pushing discovery/SEO becuase it is complex and people can be convinced it is needed. A writer needing an audience is nothing new. I think it is just as valid to create no matter what comes.

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I think what scares a lot of people is the prospect of maintaining a server, configuring it to be secure and keeping it up to speed with security updates. With

by kitsunesoba 3y ago

pjc50 3y ago
Yes. It's the "servers should be cattle not pets" philosophy; then you realize that having one server necessarily makes it a "pet" that demands periodic care and feeding with occasional emergencies that cost money or wake you up at night. Also: people use big services for discovery. If you write a blog, nobody's going to read it unless you get out there on the social media and promote it.
- detourdog 3y ago
  Discovey as a reason to spend money is another web ad fantasy. The old days discovery was by word of mouth. The trust deficit goes down when one doe t rely on discovery. How important is it to discover a blog post no one is talking about?
  - pjc50 3y ago
    It's important to the writer, surely? Why write if you have no readers? I mean, ultimately that's why we're writing these comments here to each other rather than each on our own web sites?
    - detourdog 3y ago
      The attitude before discovery was if you build it they will come. I see most people pushing discovery/SEO becuase it is complex and people can be convinced it is needed. A writer needing an audience is nothing new. I think it is just as valid to create no matter what comes.