Stefano Marinelli

The IT-Notes blog is now served by the 1 euro/month #NetBSD VPS, too.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/

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Jun 22 at 7:25amWeb
Show threadsubnetspiderJun 22
@stefano Pretty amazing that your blog on a 1€/month VPS has so much faster loading times than almost all of the websites I usually visit, but then I guess that's a given, because my browser doesn't have to download hundreds of megabytes of JavaScript and run hundreds of trackers in the background. 😁
Show threadStefano MarinelliJun 22
@subnetspider exactly. Keeping things minimal and simple doesn't mean ugly and outdated.
Show threadsubnetspiderJun 22

@stefano Not everything needs to be NASA level of stability, Google level of scaling, or IBM Z Mainframe levels of redundancy.

Because like you showed us, a blog with >99% uptime, scaling (with a DIY CDN) and less than 1 second of load times are all achieveable with minimal complexity and tiny budgets. 😎

Show threadmrspJun 22
@subnetspider @stefano I can’t agree more. One can do a lot with basics and very well considered backup/restore options.
Show threadMalteJun 22
@stefano Couldn't resist. :D
Show threadStefano MarinelliJun 22
@malte this is beautiful!!!
Show threadMarkJun 22
@malte @stefano Als jemand der lange durch den deutschen Mittelstand mit dem “DevOps” Schild getingelt ist, kann ich da leider nur zustimmen.
Show threadltningJun 22
@stefano I wonder if there's a market for FTP accounts on a 386 serving static websites from DOS or OS/2. If a #NetBSD VPS costs $1/month, I should be able to charge, what, $1/year? :D
Anduin.net

Show threadStefano MarinelliJun 22
@ltning 😆
Mmm maybe those 386 will be so power hungry that they'll surely be more expensive than a modern VPS
Show threadltningJun 22

@stefano But .. but .. that's not the point :D Also it'll run on hydro, and the power consumption is the same no matter how busy it is ;)

But maybe the currency should be "beer", not "$".

Show threadBitslingers-R-UsJun 22
@stefano @ltning I have a 386 motherboard (with a 486DLC) that takes around 25 watts total using CompactFlash storage.

A quick search for consumer electricity prices in Finland (where it's supposed to be pretty inexpensive) gives about 10 cents per kwh. That'd give €‎1.50 per month, ignoring equipment costs, Internet and physical space.
Show threadltningJun 22

@AnachronistJohn @stefano Now don't go ruining my fun project and my excuses with facts! ;)

My retrocomputing hobby is really a mental health project. And mental health professionals are really, really expensive..

Show threadJdeBPJun 22

@ltning @stefano

Heh!

fetch ftp://anduin.example/COM1

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