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Shared hosting is probably better, and AFAIK more common, for the mildly dynamic website. The host handles a lot of the admin tasks like OS updates that you hav

Shared hosting is probably better, and AFAIK more common, for the mildly dynamic website. The host handles a lot of the admin tasks like OS updates that you have to handle yourself with a VPS.

adamomada 2y ago
When I was checking out the grav flat-file CMS, they had a recommendation for PaaS (php as a service) https://learn.getgrav.org/16/webservers-hosting https://learn.getgrav.org/16/webservers-hosting
- endofreach 2y ago
  As much as i love every P standing for PHP, "PaaS" usually means Platform as a Service
massysett 2y ago
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is good for this. Their main tier - "production" sites - are very inexpensive and the admins take care of OS and server-software updates. They have another tier - "non-production" sites - that are even cheaper and can be perfectly sufficient for a personal homepage. The admins maintain these servers as well but they might do beta testing on them. The environment is fully hackable and has PHP, SSH, SFTP, MariaDB, dominant languages like Perl and Python, obscure languages like Haskell and Lisp, etc etc.
- mk12 2y ago
  +1 for NearlyFreeSpeech! I’ve used them for years paying only 40-45 cents a month. I love that I can just ssh in and mess around. My site is mostly static but recently I wanted to add a private section for specific family and friends. So I implemented OAuth 2.0 login with 2 php files and an .htaccess rule.
  - Something1234 2y ago
    Love nearly free speech. Although I wonder how often your family actually uses it.
- svieira 2y ago
  And even more obscure languages like Forth and Octave. The only thing to watch out for is that they run FreeBSD (instead of a more "normal" distribution) so if you're used to Linux-as-seen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu there are a few things that are different (but so cozy).
  - kbolino 2y ago
    For what it's worth, FreeBSD is actually it's own thing and not Linux at all. It's descended from Berkeley Unix and has no code in common with Linux or GNU (though it can still run software that's cross-compatible).
    - svieira 2y ago
      Correct - but if you're normally interacting with Linux boxes on the command line you're probably not going to be too far from home since the _programs_ behave mostly-the-same.
      - kbolino 2y ago
        Yes, though I guess this means we're in the era where "Linux" is more widely understandable than "Unix".
- bachmeier 2y ago
  For some reason I've never heard of it before. Looks like a good value as long as you avoid storage. Even shows D as a supported language!
- mapmap 2y ago
  Does it support dot net?
wwweston 2y ago
This. For people looking for hosting as a service that don’t need scale (and even for some people who think they do) shared hosting is often the best low-admin + low-cost solution. Buuut you can’t brag about your cloud setup.

Shared hosting is probably better, and AFAIK more common, for the mildly dynamic website. The host handles a lot of the admin tasks like OS updates that you have to handle yourself with a VPS.

adamomada 2y ago

When I was checking out the grav flat-file CMS, they had a recommendation for PaaS (php as a service) https://learn.getgrav.org/16/webservers-hosting https://learn.getgrav.org/16/webservers-hosting

endofreach 2y ago
As much as i love every P standing for PHP, "PaaS" usually means Platform as a Service

massysett 2y ago

NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is good for this. Their main tier - "production" sites - are very inexpensive and the admins take care of OS and server-software updates. They have another tier - "non-production" sites - that are even cheaper and can be perfectly sufficient for a personal homepage. The admins maintain these servers as well but they might do beta testing on them. The environment is fully hackable and has PHP, SSH, SFTP, MariaDB, dominant languages like Perl and Python, obscure languages like Haskell and Lisp, etc etc.

mk12 2y ago
+1 for NearlyFreeSpeech! I’ve used them for years paying only 40-45 cents a month. I love that I can just ssh in and mess around. My site is mostly static but recently I wanted to add a private section for specific family and friends. So I implemented OAuth 2.0 login with 2 php files and an .htaccess rule.
- Something1234 2y ago
  Love nearly free speech. Although I wonder how often your family actually uses it.
svieira 2y ago
And even more obscure languages like Forth and Octave. The only thing to watch out for is that they run FreeBSD (instead of a more "normal" distribution) so if you're used to Linux-as-seen-on-Debian-or-Ubuntu there are a few things that are different (but so cozy).
- kbolino 2y ago
  For what it's worth, FreeBSD is actually it's own thing and not Linux at all. It's descended from Berkeley Unix and has no code in common with Linux or GNU (though it can still run software that's cross-compatible).
  - svieira 2y ago
    Correct - but if you're normally interacting with Linux boxes on the command line you're probably not going to be too far from home since the _programs_ behave mostly-the-same.
    - kbolino 2y ago
      Yes, though I guess this means we're in the era where "Linux" is more widely understandable than "Unix".
bachmeier 2y ago
For some reason I've never heard of it before. Looks like a good value as long as you avoid storage. Even shows D as a supported language!
mapmap 2y ago
Does it support dot net?

wwweston 2y ago

This. For people looking for hosting as a service that don’t need scale (and even for some people who think they do) shared hosting is often the best low-admin + low-cost solution. Buuut you can’t brag about your cloud setup.