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Haha. I used to have some blog posts detailing things a bit more, but I let it die when Heroku cancelled their original free tier years ago.

fnikacevic 18d ago
If you're inspired to rehash it here or another blog you'll have at least this additional reader.
- davidmurdoch 18d ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurdoch.com/2017/08/05/about-my-dead-side-project-cashify/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurd...
eks391 18d ago
A domain is only ~$12/year if you don't buy it through a scammy site like godaddy that adds fake fees or quadruples the cost after a year. WordPress is easy for blogs, or you can just vibe code something in an afternoon if you don't care to have comments. Even embedding forms or an emailing tool can be done statically. Heck, there's probably a free option out there for simple posting that I don't know about.
- forgotmypw17 18d ago
  The biggest costs are not the money, but the work and cognitive load of the thousand cuts it takes to not only bring all of this up, but keep it running, not to mention migrating the content. However/also, "only" $12 to some is a considerable amount of money to others.
  - Onawa 18d ago
    If its a static or client-side website, GitHub Pages is free and allows you to use whatever domain you have already own. Almost all of the websites I run are hosted on GitHub Pages. No maintenance required, and updates are as easy as `git push`.
    - forgotmypw17 17d ago
      Having done this for multiple sites, there's still a lot of friction and gotchas in the setup process, and it's also not guaranteed to not break/rot (e.g. have to renew the domain.) You didn't use the word "just", but I still want to link this article: https://alistapart.com/blog/post/the-most-dangerous-word-in-software-development/ https://alistapart.com/blog/post/the-most-dangerous-word-in-...
crtasm 18d ago
what was the url? asking for a wayback friend
- davidmurdoch 18d ago
  https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurdoch.com/2017/08/05/about-my-dead-side-project-cashify/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurd...
  - MadnessASAP 18d ago
    Wow! You managed to break almost every financial law and regulation in one go. That's amazing!
    - rolandog 17d ago
      Reminded me of Arrested Development's George Bluth's "Light Treason".

fnikacevic 18d ago

If you're inspired to rehash it here or another blog you'll have at least this additional reader.

davidmurdoch 18d ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurdoch.com/2017/08/05/about-my-dead-side-project-cashify/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurd...

eks391 18d ago

A domain is only ~$12/year if you don't buy it through a scammy site like godaddy that adds fake fees or quadruples the cost after a year. WordPress is easy for blogs, or you can just vibe code something in an afternoon if you don't care to have comments. Even embedding forms or an emailing tool can be done statically. Heck, there's probably a free option out there for simple posting that I don't know about.

forgotmypw17 18d ago
The biggest costs are not the money, but the work and cognitive load of the thousand cuts it takes to not only bring all of this up, but keep it running, not to mention migrating the content. However/also, "only" $12 to some is a considerable amount of money to others.
- Onawa 18d ago
  If its a static or client-side website, GitHub Pages is free and allows you to use whatever domain you have already own. Almost all of the websites I run are hosted on GitHub Pages. No maintenance required, and updates are as easy as `git push`.
  - forgotmypw17 17d ago
    Having done this for multiple sites, there's still a lot of friction and gotchas in the setup process, and it's also not guaranteed to not break/rot (e.g. have to renew the domain.) You didn't use the word "just", but I still want to link this article: https://alistapart.com/blog/post/the-most-dangerous-word-in-software-development/ https://alistapart.com/blog/post/the-most-dangerous-word-in-...

crtasm 18d ago

what was the url? asking for a wayback friend

davidmurdoch 18d ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurdoch.com/2017/08/05/about-my-dead-side-project-cashify/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220119132757/https://davidmurd...
- MadnessASAP 18d ago
  Wow! You managed to break almost every financial law and regulation in one go. That's amazing!
  - rolandog 17d ago
    Reminded me of Arrested Development's George Bluth's "Light Treason".