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by sramov 5243 days ago
Author here. Let me know if you have any questions.
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pestaa 5243 days ago
I do have one, although tangential.

What is it about automation you explicitly disliked? Personal care and scripted events are not mutually exclusive I think. Can you please elaborate on the way your service is managed?

(Wish you luck, by the way. I'll wait and see how this is going to differ from an average CDN.)

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sramov 5243 days ago
Automation is great. However, it takes a lot of code to do it right. A lot of code brings complexity, edge cases and bugs.

I decided to follow KISS principle and provide managed personal service where I can remember people by name.

The service has nothing to do with being a CDN. It is a place where you can host your static sites, set them up and basically forget about them.

Minimal base system, OpenBSD, PF and nginx are there to keep things simple, network invisible and noise free.

Basically a niche service for technical folks and people who like things simple, minimal and stable.

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pestaa 5243 days ago
I misread static sites to files, sorry. I understand now.

It does take lots of code to do automation right, but that's the point. You replace tons of typing for a short command. I guess you'll have some scripts in any shape or size sooner or later.

I'm glad BSD is still the choice for some devs.

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