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Website is hosted on a disposable vape
- BogdanTheGeek 1y agoAnd... its down already. It can only handle about 10 requests at a time, so take turns guys :) Here is the same article but with hopefully better uptime: https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/ https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/
- zacharynewton 1y agoSounds like you need some more spent vapes ;)
- bombcar 1y agoThe Internet server version of that old photo of a guy with an entire carton in his mouth.
- SmellTheGlove 1y agoWait, are we back to imagining beowulf clusters [0] of things!? [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_cluster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_cluster
- elliotec 1y agoEasy, just set up your other hoarded ones to make a mesh and do some distributed sharding in the vape cloud!
- dev0p 1y agoIs this The Cloud that I heard so much about?
- subscribed 1y agoIt's your fault for not putting CDN in front of it Really neat achievement, it'd stand out on your CV, make sure to always add it there, it'll spark a fun chat on interviews.
- uyzstvqs 1y ago> It's your fault for not putting CDN in front of it That's no fun. The right answer is to distribute load across a cluster of 100 repurposed disposable vapes.
- addandsubtract 1y agoAlternatively, have a 503 "Smoke break" page.
- subscribed 1y agoOMG, I love the idea
- msephton 1y agoThanks for mirroring, and well done! I really enjoyed the topic and tone of your writing.
- om8 1y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20250914222638/http://ewaste.fka.wtf/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250914222638/http://ewaste.fka...
- wslh 1y agoAnd reading the article mentioned there about "THE CHEAPEST FLASH MICROCONTROLLER YOU CAN BUY IS ACTUALLY AN ARM CORTEX-M0+" (2023) [1] [1] https://jaycarlson.net/2023/02/04/the-cheapest-flash-microcontroller-you-can-buy-is-actually-an-arm-cortex-m0/ https://jaycarlson.net/2023/02/04/the-cheapest-flash-microco...
- charcircuit 1y ago[flagged]
- WD-42 1y agoWhen was the last time you ran a website on anything cool?
- charcircuit 1y agoThe novelty wears off. It doesn't justify keeping trash around forever. Sure it can be a fun project that you get some joy out of, but there isn't a need to preserve it forever.
- rovr138 1y agoOr they had an idea, needed devices to test and be able to destroy if they fucked up.
- charcircuit 1y agoHe probably owned a device capable or running a virtual machine which would be much more convenient to deal with. Also this idea of "but what if I'll need this in the future", is a common theme among horders.
- rovr138 1y agoIf you have to modify the hardware. Checking pins, testing things, soldering… you might want to have backups.
- Liftyee 1y agoIf hackers always chose the convenient option, that wouldn't make for very challenging or interesting projects ;) There are probably thousands of regular VPS webservers out there.
- haunter 1y agoOr turns out you can get virtually unlimited amount of Cortex M0+ microcontrollers for free literally from trash? Sounds like a great idea if you are a hacker
- rimprobablyly 1y agoReturning 503. Guess it got smoked.
- BogdanTheGeek 1y agoAs this vape is so very British, you now have to queue to access the article. I can see that some people are getting though, so that's something.
- metal696heart 1y agoVaporised.
- prynhart 1y ago504 Gateway Time-out
- g-mork 1y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20250914222638/http://ewaste.fka.wtf/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250914222638/http://ewaste.fka...
- landgenoot 1y agoBig promises, but no working website. I call it vaporware
- tomhow 1y agoComments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45249287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45249287.
- NoPicklez 1y agoToo many requests and its gone up in a puff of smoke