Static site hosting hurdles
Uh what&#x27;s wrong with shared hosting?  I use Dreamhost but there are dozens of others.  It costs less than $10&#x2F;month and I&#x27;ve used it since 2009.<p>I think the industry (or part of a generation of programmers) somehow collectively forgot that it exists.   I don&#x27;t see any mention of it in the article -- it solves the problem exactly.  It easily serves and survives all the spikes from Hacker News that my site gets.<p>Shared hosting is a Linux box with a web server that someone ELSE manages.  You get an SSH login, and you can use git and rsync.<p>It&#x27;s associated with PHP hosting, but it is perfect for static sites.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oilshell.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2021&#x2F;12&#x2F;backlog-assess.html#appendix-shell-is-fast" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.oilshell.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2021&#x2F;12&#x2F;backlog-assess.html#app...</a><p>Answer to the HN question: <i>What&#x27;s the fastest way to get a page on the web</i>?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29254006" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29254006</a><p>FWIW I also have a Linux VPS with nginx and a HTTPS certificate, but it&#x27;s a pain.  I much prefer using shared hosting for things I want to be reliable.