TL;DR
We now only upload changed files to our edge infrastructure, making the deployment step considerably faster for large sites. Also, redundant builds are now automatically canceled in order to avoid unneccessary build minute usage.
Introduction For all of you with large sites, I have some good news: deployment times are now much faster! Statichost.eu started out as a simple static site hosting platform for my own needs - having a trustworthy place to host my own sites (and those of my clients).
Recent discussions on Hacker News highlight the need for trust and personal service - something that is often lacking on the Internet. In this particular case, a static site host issued a bill exceeding $100k for a personal blog, triggering a widespread debate on pricing fairness and transparency.
TL;DR: We would never send a bill like that, for sure. To be completely honest, while our pricing seems very specific, at the moment what we actually do is bill manually.
We’re excited to announce a new feature that enhances the flexibility and control you have over your static websites: One-Click Build Rollbacks.
What’s New: Your site’s builds are now stored on our servers after each deployment. Rollback Anytime: Made a mistake? No worries! You can revert to any previous build with a single click. How It Works: In your dashboard, you’ll find a “Publish this build” button next to each build—click to rollback.
A while back when I was excitedly telling my wife about my achievments of the day, she asked me what this “refactoring” that I’ve been up to means. “Well, it’s when you change a bunch of stuff in your code, but what your program actually does stays exactly the same.” Luckily, she’s a very organized person, and immediately understood the point when I tried to explain it through the old keeping your tools organized and building a house metaphors.
This is a guest post by one of our community members. Thank you for your engagement!
Note Hi, my name is Roman and I am a hobbyist at web hosting. I might sometime not use the correct wording here or state some contradicting things.
Please note that I am not advertising any of the brands below. I mention them only so you can follow my steps. There might be plenty of other services.
The objective I created a webpage using bootstrap (html+css+JavaScript). There is no build process needed here.
fabioarnold-matrix.statichost.eu
As our first site showcase, I just had to go with this Matrix animation by our user fabioarnold! The animation looks almost identical to that in the movie, and as an avid fan, I’ve seen a few when looking for Matrix screensavers back in the day.
The thing you are looking at is a representation of “The Matrix”. According to the character “Cypher”, there is too much information in the Matrix to decode into a more visual representation, which is why this is what they look at all day in the movie.
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Eric Selin - Founder, statichost.eu
Originally posted at webperf.se
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Din server snurrar på. Inga problem - eller?
Ja, ganska säkert i alla fall - du har ju monitorering som följer med om något händer. Och inget har hänt ännu. Eller nån gång, kanske, men det löste du snabbt. Monitoreringen fungerade inte helt 100 då, men nu är det bättre. Databasen fungerar likaså, allt är fint konfigurerat. Det fungerade ju bra sist du testade för inte många dagar sedan. Eller var det över en vecka sedan, vem minns sådant?
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Eric Selin - Founder, statichost.eu
Originally posted at ericselin.dev
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We made everything too complicated. We do this, us developers. It’s fun to invent a new and better way to do things. And to use all the “new things”. But I think this is the time to stop and think about what we are doing. One of those things is treating every website like an app - although most sites are nothing of the sort.
The web was designed for documents The World Wide Web (www) was designed to be a collection of documents that could be linked together.
