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This is more a meta comment about the blog itself (as is customary for HN): I like the blog, there has been a lot of work put into it, so it makes me sad that i
by RadiozRadioz 2y ago
This is more a meta comment about the blog itself (as is customary for HN): I like the blog, there has been a lot of work put into it, so it makes me sad that it's hosted on GitHub pages using a subdomain of GitHub.io. When the day comes that GitHub inevitably kills/ruins Pages, because it _will_ happen, there is no question, the links to this blog will be stuck forever pointing to this dead subdomain that the author has no control over. We just have to hope that the replacement blog is findable via search engines, and hope that comments are enabled wherever the pages link is referenced so that new people can find the blog. An unfortunate mess that is definitely going to happen, entirely Microsoft's fault.
- mdp2021 2y agoStrengthening the importance of the Archive (the Wayback).
- 0x1ceb00da 2y agoIf he hosts his site on his own server, it will go down a few months after his death.
- RadiozRadioz 2y agoAssuming he's not 70, I guarantee GitHub pages will turn to shit before he dies. But also fair point. I think we should all have a contingency plan I'm case of death, regardless of where our stuff is hosted. Self-hosted stuff indeed becomes a ticking time bomb after death. Even on 3rd party services, it's apparently a nightmare trying to get access to a deceased person's Google account, where Google Sites may live, etc.