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I pay $35/month for a dedicated server for my nothing webpages. One the one hand, I could really host at home for $0/month extra. Or on a VPS for $5/month. I do
by toast0 5mo ago
I pay $35/month for a dedicated server for my nothing webpages. One the one hand, I could really host at home for $0/month extra. Or on a VPS for $5/month. I do need my own thing because I run a network testing tool that needs some amount of direct access.
On the other hand, dedicated servers are more fun, even if the cpus I get for $35/month are ancient. Is it $30/month fun? Probably not, but it's near zero given my situation.
At least I'm sensible and don't have an actual colo space to visit.
In the unlikely event I go viral, I'm pretty sure my server can manage serving https at 1gbps, and that's plenty. Maybe TLS is too much though, the cpus are too old for AESNI.
- not_kurt_godel 5mo agoGood on ya. Personally I'm happier with my extra ~$6k, sparing of however many hours of pointless maintenance work over the years, and 100% uptime over past/present/future even if I go into a coma.
- nozzlegear 5mo ago> and 100% uptime over past/present/future On GitHub?!
- not_kurt_godel 5mo agoS3+CloudFront. GitHub Page's mere 99.9999999% uptime is only for the weak-minded, of course.
- Gud 5mo agoYou are vastly overstating how much maintenance a FreeBSD box has.