alt Hacker NewsThis is a pretty weird article/movement. The greatest hurdle is almost definitely a domain name, which if you want to own the content you have to get. Which even the cheapest would cost you around 6$ a year. (I'm ignoring the "tk" tld, which is kind of a honeypot)
And you can host for a static site for free in a million places. CDNs free tiers are enough for individuals.
I don't get the preoccupation with hosting your own server, what matters is that you own your own identifier (in this case a domain name) whatever it points is vastly less important.
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filleduchaos • today at 9:06 AM
What part of this pretty weird article proposed hosting your own server?
cowboy_henk • today at 8:12 AM
6USD per year adds about 0.016USD per day. Definitely more, still pretty cheap.
> I don't get the preoccupation with hosting your own server
The field of software engineering is dominated by the smart people that do something not because they have to but out of curiosity.
I've hired a bunch of people and I was always looking for curiosity and drive most of all. A degree doesn't help you if you don't care.