Ask HN: Where do you host your static site?

2 points by Wonnk13 10y ago ↗ HN

I know this is a bit embarrassing to ask in 2016, but I really want to follow through on my resolution to set up a personal website. I want to use Cryogen / Emacs to generate the HTML and then maybe cross post to Posthaven and Medium.

I'm considering github or gitlab pages. Or perhaps Digital Ocean. I'd like to use letsencrypt or another solution so that everything is passed over HTTPS as well. I can tolerate a hosting fee of maybe $5 a month, but would prefer free. Hence my interest in git{hub|lab}. Am I missing anything? What has worked for everyone else?

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nonameface 10y ago ↗

I use NFS. https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/

I have a static site hosted for a friends business that gets 300-500 hits/month and it costs me almost nothing. I think somewhere around $0.05/month

Javadavinci 10y ago ↗

If you are willing to set it up I suggest amazon aws which is also free for 1 year. If you don't want to set it up i think you should get nellify which also has a free tier.

mikegedelman 10y ago ↗

I think you've got it. If free, github. Otherwise, DigitalOcean is a solid choice and it's only $5. You can do soooo many other things with you DO box too, if necessary.