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Infrastructure
static site hosting
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Existing hosts like Netlify have build limits and no preview support with API keys
From 2 comments
Netlify offers much of the functionality but I hit the monthly build limit long ago for pydantic docs. Plus it's a pain to use for stuff like coverage. S3 doesn't offer the…
scolvin on HNI don't believe it can be used for previews. Also, it requires an api key, so can't be used on pull requests from forks on github actions.
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Netlify
From 2 comments
I mean there are. s3, netlify, ... You can do this with most static site hosts. I guess the only real concern is trying to get dynamic subdomains. I even wrote a small server to…
kevincox on HNNetlify has a trivial HTTP API so you can use your own CI and not bother with the build limit (and whatever software they happen to have installed on their CI)
kevincox on HN
S3
From 1 comment
I mean there are. s3, netlify, ... You can do this with most static site hosts. I guess the only real concern is trying to get dynamic subdomains. I even wrote a small server to…
kevincox on HN
IPFS
From 1 comment
I've done this in the past using IPFS[0]. You can use a free pinning service like Infura[1] for previews or you can pin it however you like. You automatically get a subdomain…
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