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A month or so ago, I migrated all of my Gemini posts to my blog and shut down my Gemini server. For me there wasn't really a point to the effort. I'm glad the

A month or so ago, I migrated all of my Gemini posts to my blog and shut down my Gemini server. For me there wasn't really a point to the effort. I'm glad the protocol exists and that people are enjoying it, but I'll stick to HTML.

prmoustache 1y ago
It is rather easy to have one running alongside the other and the gemtext syntax is such it is quite easy to make automatic converters. Did you encounter issues maintaining both? I mean I truly believe anyone can do small websites using HTML standards so for the actual content producer Gemini doesn't have much appeal. On the other hand using Gemini provide the users/visitors a guarantee they will not end up following a link and ending up in a bloated, privacy and ad nightmare. So I think it is sane to offer that even if you believe in small regular web.
- bovermyer 1y ago
  I no longer use a VPS and just have my static site hosted on a free provider.
3036e4 1y ago
I shut down my server the other day after people on HN were sharing horror stories about runaway bandwidth bills. I could not find a good (easy) way to ensure that my gemini server shuts down if hit by DDOS. I want to set it up again, but need to find some place to host it that has a guaranteed maximum bandwidth cost.
- LorenDB 1y ago
  Just run it on Hetzner. You get 20TB egress monthly per server, which should cover a lot of DDOS activity. You could also probably create a script to run on another machine that uses the Hetzner (or other cloud provider) API to monitor usage and shut off your server if it exceeds usage limits.
  - 3036e4 1y ago
    It was running on Hetzner, but I did not like the idea of having to rely on some script to try to avoid a disaster as opposed to just be able to set a limit (that they do not support?). * Even if the risk is obviously very low, the value of running my gemlog isn't great. Not really worth any non-zero risk of significant costs.
- tpoacher 1y ago
  sourcehut offers gemini hosting via your sr.ht repos from what I understand. haven't tried it myself yet, though I've been meaning to...

prmoustache 1y ago

It is rather easy to have one running alongside the other and the gemtext syntax is such it is quite easy to make automatic converters. Did you encounter issues maintaining both? I mean I truly believe anyone can do small websites using HTML standards so for the actual content producer Gemini doesn't have much appeal. On the other hand using Gemini provide the users/visitors a guarantee they will not end up following a link and ending up in a bloated, privacy and ad nightmare. So I think it is sane to offer that even if you believe in small regular web.

bovermyer 1y ago
I no longer use a VPS and just have my static site hosted on a free provider.

3036e4 1y ago

I shut down my server the other day after people on HN were sharing horror stories about runaway bandwidth bills. I could not find a good (easy) way to ensure that my gemini server shuts down if hit by DDOS. I want to set it up again, but need to find some place to host it that has a guaranteed maximum bandwidth cost.

LorenDB 1y ago
Just run it on Hetzner. You get 20TB egress monthly per server, which should cover a lot of DDOS activity. You could also probably create a script to run on another machine that uses the Hetzner (or other cloud provider) API to monitor usage and shut off your server if it exceeds usage limits.
- 3036e4 1y ago
  It was running on Hetzner, but I did not like the idea of having to rely on some script to try to avoid a disaster as opposed to just be able to set a limit (that they do not support?). * Even if the risk is obviously very low, the value of running my gemlog isn't great. Not really worth any non-zero risk of significant costs.
tpoacher 1y ago
sourcehut offers gemini hosting via your sr.ht repos from what I understand. haven't tried it myself yet, though I've been meaning to...