Mastodawn

If you want to create completely free software for other people to use, the absolute best delivery mechanism right now is static HTML and JavaScript served from a free web host with an established reputation.

Here's why I think that in more detail: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/28/give-it-away-for-free/

Giving software away for free

If you want to create completely <strong>free software</strong> for other people to use, the absolute best delivery mechanism right now is static HTML and JavaScript served from a free web …

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Vincent

@simon I host my blog at home 2007, first on adsl, then fiber, it teach me to optimize ALL, having static html, now js, few css, no analytics, pre-compressed assets (gzip, brotli, zstd), as well with https, http/2.0, http/3.0. In good days I was used to reach 8000 uv/24h on a raspberry pi, it stand in my shoe closet https://it-wars.com #selfhosting #athome #raspberrypi #lowpower

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