> Back in 2009, anynone with a Nokia could have a personal website running on their own phone. Sadly this amazing piece of tech was never widely adopted. It's

> Back in 2009, anynone with a Nokia could have a personal website running on their own phone. Sadly this amazing piece of tech was never widely adopted. It's not sad, just sensible. In 2009 it made no sense to host a website on a phone. If you didn't want to use a hosting service, an old desktop or laptop made more sense than a smartphone even then. A smartphone as a server could be useful for some in-person use cases where internet access is either unavailable or undesired. For example: an emergency neighborhood communication network, or perhaps a p2p shopping experience for swap meets. However, these use cases tend to be rare (total internet outages usually get fixed very quickly), or of marginal real-world value (at a swap meet you just walk around to see what's available), so there aren't many resources dedicated to developing solutions for them.