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Even my barely visited personal website is using almost 10GB bandwidth per month according to Digital Ocean. My website is 90% text with no video, so I imagine

by rchaud 2y ago

Even my barely visited personal website is using almost 10GB bandwidth per month according to Digital Ocean. My website is 90% text with no video, so I imagine it's just bots and scrapers hitting it all day. I'm very close to password protecting the whole thing aside from the homepage.

immibis 2y ago
So about 1 request per second?
ehnto 2y ago
Same, I get next to no value from the personal website these days. Certainly not worth being exposed to the harsh realities of the web in 2025. A sad state of affairs, but it was predicted decades ago that commercial interests would turn the internet into what it is today, even without AI. Layer on the dead internet theory slowly coming true, and walled gardens almost feel like the last bastion of free internet, rather than being what brought it to an end. There's probably some nuance there, maybe the walled gardens allowed us to be comfortable letting it get this bad. Either way, what's gone is gone. I am getting a lot of joy from local net and just making little devices at home, that is giving me the same excitement that the web did in the past!
- AznHisoka 2y ago
  What devices are you making?
  - ehnto 2y ago
    Nothing too innovative, I've made some chained, LAN connected lighting for around the house. Some button boxes for sim racing. I built a small CNC machine and a 3D printer, which have let me build various things for the car and the bike. Last week I made a very specialised splint/cover for an injury on my shin, shhh don't tell the healthcare industry about 3D printing.
- 3vidence 2y ago
  I've never really thought of this as a strong benefit before but this seems like a good argument for app development in 2025. Started my career as a web developer and always have a soft spot for it but from a hobby developer standpoint hosting and deploying a site feels like an uphill battle with little upside. Theres a lot to not like about app development but after you get approval for your app it's pretty hands off. Heck on android you can just distribute the raw APK on a Google drive. Or just keep the app locally for yourself. I probably have about 20 self made apps on my phone and they each give me a bit of happiness.
  - kibwen 2y ago
    > after you get approval for your app it's pretty hands off. For about a year, after which point both Apple and Google will arbitrarily remove your app from stores for not keeping up with the platform update treadmill.
    - 3vidence 2y ago
      It's really a tradeoff. Keep up with platform updates or constantly deal with the afformentioned crawlers and hugs of death.
AznHisoka 2y ago
Are you paying per GB bandwidth with DigitalOcean?
- rchaud 2y ago
  It's a flat rate. That said it feels like wasted bandwidth as I know it's not humans visiting the site. There isn't anywhere near 10GB of content on my site. 200 MB max.

by rchaud 2y ago

immibis 2y ago

So about 1 request per second?

ehnto 2y ago

Same, I get next to no value from the personal website these days. Certainly not worth being exposed to the harsh realities of the web in 2025. A sad state of affairs, but it was predicted decades ago that commercial interests would turn the internet into what it is today, even without AI. Layer on the dead internet theory slowly coming true, and walled gardens almost feel like the last bastion of free internet, rather than being what brought it to an end. There's probably some nuance there, maybe the walled gardens allowed us to be comfortable letting it get this bad. Either way, what's gone is gone. I am getting a lot of joy from local net and just making little devices at home, that is giving me the same excitement that the web did in the past!

AznHisoka 2y ago
What devices are you making?
- ehnto 2y ago
  Nothing too innovative, I've made some chained, LAN connected lighting for around the house. Some button boxes for sim racing. I built a small CNC machine and a 3D printer, which have let me build various things for the car and the bike. Last week I made a very specialised splint/cover for an injury on my shin, shhh don't tell the healthcare industry about 3D printing.
3vidence 2y ago
I've never really thought of this as a strong benefit before but this seems like a good argument for app development in 2025. Started my career as a web developer and always have a soft spot for it but from a hobby developer standpoint hosting and deploying a site feels like an uphill battle with little upside. Theres a lot to not like about app development but after you get approval for your app it's pretty hands off. Heck on android you can just distribute the raw APK on a Google drive. Or just keep the app locally for yourself. I probably have about 20 self made apps on my phone and they each give me a bit of happiness.
- kibwen 2y ago
  > after you get approval for your app it's pretty hands off. For about a year, after which point both Apple and Google will arbitrarily remove your app from stores for not keeping up with the platform update treadmill.
  - 3vidence 2y ago
    It's really a tradeoff. Keep up with platform updates or constantly deal with the afformentioned crawlers and hugs of death.

AznHisoka 2y ago

Are you paying per GB bandwidth with DigitalOcean?

rchaud 2y ago
It's a flat rate. That said it feels like wasted bandwidth as I know it's not humans visiting the site. There isn't anywhere near 10GB of content on my site. 200 MB max.