Pgs.sh
Infrastructure
static site hosting
SHOW HN2024
168points
48comments
#484of 3,515 in 2024
Top 14%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Ssh-based account creation is clever
From 2 comments
This is really cool! I just uploaded my documentation site that I'm working on. Some quick feedback: - The "ssh to create account" is cool and I'm thinking of copying this idea.…
memset on HNLove the idea and developer/hacker-centric UI/UX; Very clever approach with authentication via SSH keys, hope you will find a way to provide account recovery; IMHO prompting…
dr_dimitru on HN
Simple, well-thought-out user experience
From 2 comments
That is very neat! Seems like a lot of thought went into how this works, from the user's point of view. And $20/y is a good price point, you could then go higher for heavy users.…
mcapodici on HNVery cool! Seems like a similar aesthetic to Sourcehut: open-source, written in Go, a collection of tools geared for hacker-types. There's even some overlap with the paste bin…
abound on HN
Objections
Price is high for static hosting
From 2 comments
This is really cool! I just uploaded my documentation site that I'm working on. Some quick feedback: - The "ssh to create account" is cool and I'm thinking of copying this idea.…
memset on HNThat is very neat! Seems like a lot of thought went into how this works, from the user's point of view. And $20/y is a good price point, you could then go higher for heavy users.…
mcapodici on HN
Account recovery is hard without email
From 2 comments
This is really cool! I just uploaded my documentation site that I'm working on. Some quick feedback: - The "ssh to create account" is cool and I'm thinking of copying this idea.…
memset on HNLove the idea and developer/hacker-centric UI/UX; Very clever approach with authentication via SSH keys, hope you will find a way to provide account recovery; IMHO prompting…
dr_dimitru on HN
No git webhook deployment
From 1 comment
My preferred way to deploy my websites is to push the changes to git and have a web hook handle a deployment. I don't see anything about web hooks being supported, that'd be…
alias_neo on HN
Upload size limit too small
From 1 comment
25MB is low enough to prevent me from even trying it. Should be at least 100, cmon.
38 on HN
Requests
Server-side analytics
From 1 comment
Looks cool. Does this offer/have plans to offer server side analytics? Many places offer free static hosting already, but as far as I know none of them offer even basic insights…
bogwog on HN
Webhook deployment support
From 1 comment
My preferred way to deploy my websites is to push the changes to git and have a web hook handle a deployment. I don't see anything about web hooks being supported, that'd be…
alias_neo on HN
Clearer site URL after upload
From 1 comment
This is really cool! I just uploaded my documentation site that I'm working on. Some quick feedback: - The "ssh to create account" is cool and I'm thinking of copying this idea.…
memset on HN
AVIF support
From 1 comment
Slight nitpick: the set of allowed web formats is missing AVIF, which is supported across all evergreen browsers now.
jsheard on HN
Questions
What bandwidth limits apply
From 1 comment
Are there any bandwidth limitations?
captn3m0 on HN
Where content is served from and whether a CDN is used
From 1 comment
Is this fronted by a CDN? Or where is the content served from? I can't find any mention of it in the FAQ or the services description.
jrnkntl on HN
Alternatives named
Netlify
From 1 comment
Netlify offers server-side analytics for $9/mo.
mminer237 on HN
Sourcehut
From 1 comment
Very cool! Seems like a similar aesthetic to Sourcehut: open-source, written in Go, a collection of tools geared for hacker-types. There's even some overlap with the paste bin…
abound on HN
GitHub Actions deployment
From 1 comment
We don't presently have webhooks, but do have a GitHub action for this (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/pgs-action). The goal was to make it easy to deploy using off the…
antoniomika on HN