Gregory's Server
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James Conroy-Finn
@nikitonsky what filesystem do you use and which OS? How about package management, security patches, backups and process monitoring? MySQL is probably runnng somewhere, over a socket or TCP on the same host? Works fine out of the box without any tuning. Reverse proxies, configuration languages, etc. Self-hosting definitely has its benefits, but for someone who just wants to write a blog post both options seem pretty inaccessible to me. Better the devil you know.
Niki Tonsky
@jcf > what filesystem do you use No idea > which OS? Some Linux, prob Ubuntu > How about package management It’s built-in? > security patches 126 updates can be applied immediately. > backups scp + cron > process monitoring Systemd does it, I think > MySQL is probably runnng somewhere Nope, but SQLite does in apps that need it   
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@nikitonsky When @spolsky talked about Architect Astronauts, he couldn't have imagined AWS. 
Григорий Клюшников
Just $4000/month! Might occasionally be 10x more because someone decided to spam or scrape your website. It's normal. 
Andy in Indy
@nikitonsky This is a pretty standard architecture for a secure, high-availability site on AWS. The biggest cost here is probably the VPC and its endpoints. Based on my experience I'm guessing it should cost roughly $150/month. Perfectly fine for all that it does. Most Wordpress users probably don't need this, but then again most Wordpress users probably don't need Wordpress. Use a static site generator into an S3 bucket for like $5/month, or just sign up for Wordpress.com. 
Jigme Datse
@nikitonsky I know someone who was working with AWS, not quite sure the role, but not from what I could tell, launching their own sites/services, but supporting people with accomplishing that, and felt it was a bit of a hellscape. |
@nikitonsky Dear heavens.
Compared to SFTP upload and a MariaDB/MySQL connection at a $5/month shared hoster, this is wild