Shared_hosting on passthejoe

Running four sites on NearlyFreeSpeech.net should cost me $3.92 per month

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 13:16:03 -0800

NearlyFreeSpeech.net stands out among shared-hosting companies for many reasons, but its cost structure is one of the biggest.

NFSN doesn’t charge a flat fee for an “unlimited” number of web sites, or a smaller fee for one or two sites. Instead, NFSN charges for what you use.

Before I committed to switching my sites from Hostgator to NearlyFreeSpeech.net, I needed to make sure I wouldn’t be dinged for a Slashdot/Reddit/Hacker News-style traffic spike.

Shared hosting does take care of a lot for you

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 19:00:23 -0700

As I build my own server — and this would be the same for a cloud VPS or a local computer, there is a lot to set up and configure.

Shared hosts like NearlyFreeSpeech.net (which I will be using more soon) and Hostgator (which I’ve used for years and will probably be using less) take care of many things in a safe and secure way.

Setting up your own server is very much like reinventing the wheel. It’s better if you like making wheels, have used a lot of wheels, fixed broken ones and rebuilt old ones.