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Own Your Web – Issue 11: Welcome to the IndieWeb

65 points by ecliptik 3y ago

ggpsv 3y ago
I've been following this newsletter since Matthias launched it - I recommend going through the archive [0] if you're into personal websites and the "IndieWeb". On a similar vein, I also recommend Manuel Moreale's newsletter "People and Blogs" [1]. Props to both for promoting the greener pastures of the internet! [0]: https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/ https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/ [1]: https://peopleandblogs.com/ https://peopleandblogs.com/
thethindev 3y ago
There's an online meetup for people in PST [1] scheduled for tonight. I didn't RSVP but I hope to be able to attend so I can show my home lab. [1] https://events.indieweb.org/2024/03/homebrew-website-club-pacific-8RIa9kKqw3YX https://events.indieweb.org/2024/03/homebrew-website-club-pa...
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stapedium 3y ago
I love the idea of the Indie web. But the costs seem prohibitive for someone with 1990s skills like me. I have a personal blog site setup on a shared server for $100/year. But running things like mode.js are a no-go unless I upgrade to a VPS or set up my own aws (or other) sever. I wish there was a way to embrace the indie web with low cost static commercial front ends and offload the bandwidth light, compute intensive backend to my home server. Someday I’ll take the deep dive into this stuff. Maybe when I retire.
- tweetle_beetle 3y ago
  $100/year sounds like a lot to host a personal blog on a shared server (having "compute intensive backend" doesn't sound typical though to be fair). On some big providers like Hetzner, that would buy into their third tier of service, where for most people the first would be fine. There are lots of places for VPS cheaper than what you pay now. And if you want to go really cheap then you can always take a gamble on lowendbox.com (and set up backups). Some providers do basic stuff for $10-12/year and there are various flavours of installers for common open source packages like blogging tools.

65 points by ecliptik 3y ago

I've been following this newsletter since Matthias launched it - I recommend going through the archive [0] if you're into personal websites and the "IndieWeb". On a similar vein, I also recommend Manuel Moreale's newsletter "People and Blogs" [1]. Props to both for promoting the greener pastures of the internet! [0]: https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/ https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/ [1]: https://peopleandblogs.com/ https://peopleandblogs.com/

thethindev 3y ago

There's an online meetup for people in PST [1] scheduled for tonight. I didn't RSVP but I hope to be able to attend so I can show my home lab. [1] https://events.indieweb.org/2024/03/homebrew-website-club-pacific-8RIa9kKqw3YX https://events.indieweb.org/2024/03/homebrew-website-club-pa...

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stapedium 3y ago

I love the idea of the Indie web. But the costs seem prohibitive for someone with 1990s skills like me. I have a personal blog site setup on a shared server for $100/year. But running things like mode.js are a no-go unless I upgrade to a VPS or set up my own aws (or other) sever. I wish there was a way to embrace the indie web with low cost static commercial front ends and offload the bandwidth light, compute intensive backend to my home server. Someday I’ll take the deep dive into this stuff. Maybe when I retire.

tweetle_beetle 3y ago
$100/year sounds like a lot to host a personal blog on a shared server (having "compute intensive backend" doesn't sound typical though to be fair). On some big providers like Hetzner, that would buy into their third tier of service, where for most people the first would be fine. There are lots of places for VPS cheaper than what you pay now. And if you want to go really cheap then you can always take a gamble on lowendbox.com (and set up backups). Some providers do basic stuff for $10-12/year and there are various flavours of installers for common open source packages like blogging tools.