[mmarian]

Cool idea, but I don't think you should focus on static files. People rarely spin up a server for that these days.

[dwedge]

I did last week (converted ghost to static) and was half wondering if some self contained binary wouldn't be faster so I feel like this was made for me, but I accept I'm not the typical user

[arcanemachiner]

You just helped to dredge up a memory, which brought me back to this fascinating project:

https://redbean.dev

If this piques your interest, make sure to check out the portable C library used to create it, which is also fascinating:

https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan

[rpdillon]

These projects are fascinating, and I referenced them in a nearby comment about static hosting from archives. I need to try the latest versions to see how they work at higher scale (more data in the archive).

[mmarian]

Why not let Clouflare/GitHub/etc do it for you? Free, and you don't have to worry about security and availability.

[dwedge]

Because handing off control of a static site to a company that already controls XX% of the Internet for "security" goes against everything I believe in. And availability, cloudflare and github?

[lmc]

Depends on the domain. There's a bunch of sciences using large datasets served up efficiently using static file formats, e.g., https://zarr.dev/ and https://parquet.apache.org/

[mmarian]

Admit I'm not familiar with that domain. But don't people use managed services even there? In my job we host parquet files on S3.

[lmc]

True, we use S3 a lot too. But it's interesting to think of alternatives like this project, e.g., for when we don't have the setup for a full on block storage service.

[Fordec]

I did it yesterday.

[romania1]

how did you come to this conclusion ?