[pastel8739]

Yes, exactly. Because if you’d paid that penny for a server on the regular internet you would just link to the real site

[dspillett]

Perhaps. Perhaps not…

A source repo link often gets more traction here than a link to what might turn out to be a closed, probably subscription based, service. The repo's main readme likely links direct to the product/ service/other main location [if the forge isn't being used as that] or demo location [if a public demo instance exists] should that be where I want to go immediately.

Though maybe posting both the repo link and a "live" link would be better still.

[smalltorch]

I just happen to not self-host my own code base. But your acting like I paid a penny for that, and self hosting git isn't possible, and we aren't on a forum which exists on the commercial internet.

[rglullis]

What a silly deflection. The point is obvious: if it is as trivial as you are saying, why aren't you self-hosting?

[smalltorch]

I am? Just not my codebase lol. I don't see why the two ideas need conflated.

[rglullis]

It's a classic "Show, don't tell" example.

If you want to make the point that self-hosting is trivial, then show a site that you are hosting with your setup instead of just pointing to gitlab.

[smalltorch]

Ok, well here is an example of how easy it would be to set up your own torum for instance. 3 or 4 commands and it's up.

https://nonogra.ph/running-a-website-inside-a-website-07-15-...

I don't feel the need or want to share my services with the world to demonstrate that.

[inigyou]

Why did you still not post an onion link? It's as if you feel people don't like onion links. Which is true, and it's why people don't post onion links.