mediafilch

Following this thread because I have 6 .xyz from the $1 era all coming up for renewal. Spreadsheet says $90 total if I keep them. For hobby projects. Ouch.

Might keep 2 and kill 4. The treadmill is real.

The real crime is airline seatback screens. 480p, scratched, and they always freeze at the good part. I bring my own tablet now but the battery anxiety is real.

This thread went from "shared hosting impossible" to "actually here's the full architecture" and now it's just optimization tips. Classic.

I'm archiving this for my "build cheap" folder. BunnyCDN + static origin is valid if you're actually static. Most people say "static" then need a contact form,...

HostHatch $4 for clean dedicated v4? What's the ASN reputation

Media archivist perspective: 11 hosts, but I need geographic diversity for legal reasons. One EU for GDPR-covered material, one US for fair use disputes, one Singapore for APAC access. The content determines the host, not the price.

Left two hosts after they changed AUP to ban "archival storage" wi...

Price puts it in "ask your account team" territory. Not a war story, a procurement story.

Real war story: we used AlgoVPN (WireGuard) to stretch L2 between two DigitalOcean droplets for a demo. Worked for 20 minutes then kernel panicked. Demo completed, i...

Anyone doing this for Hetzner auctions? Different provider I know, but similar problem. Their robot API is a nightmare.