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#1,147of 2,533 in 2021
Top 46%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
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Netlify's drop feature offers similar no-account uploads
From 2 comments
I don’t know about Vercel, but I know Netlify supports drag and drop file uploads on https://app.netlify.com/drop They’re ephemeral (only accessible for a day or so unless…
canyonero on HNWow, I have used Netlify for years, but never knew about this feature. Thanks! This is handy
foopod on HN
Objections
A single VPS or simple server is enough for previews and static sites
From 2 comments
> Also, your sole VPS will fall over nearly instantly with any significant amount of traffic Wow, haha...no. Especially not with a static site. Even for a wordpress site, a $5…
velcrovan on HNI’m a forty year old idiot that still just uses a web server running on a VPS. If I want publicly accesible preview I'll scp them to a temp folder on the web server. I am…
velcrovan on HN
Local dev servers are simpler for testing
From 1 comment
Replying to OPs comment [0] that is showing no reply button for me (maybe a HN bug) For most purposes running a local server in localhost is much easier for testing. There are…
quickthrower2 on HN
Uploaded archives may allow path traversal or symlink attacks
From 2 comments
Is it protected against zip bombs and ../../ style pathname traversal?
eurasiantiger on HNMy first thought too. I created a simple directory: ``` mkdir tmp/ cd tmp/ ln -s /etc/passwd index.html ``` Then zipped that up, keeping the symlink: ``` zip -r --symlinks…
stevekemp on HN
Questions
Is it protected against zip bombs and path traversal?
From 1 comment
Is it protected against zip bombs and ../../ style pathname traversal?
eurasiantiger on HN
Alternatives named
Netlify drop
From 1 comment
I don’t know about Vercel, but I know Netlify supports drag and drop file uploads on https://app.netlify.com/drop They’re ephemeral (only accessible for a day or so unless…
canyonero on HN
Cloudflare Pages
From 1 comment
I do the same. Need to handle traffic? Cloudflare.
is_true on HN
Vercel and Netlify CLIs
From 1 comment
I've built a thing for myself and maybe it'll be useful for others. https://www.instantpreview.dev/ is like an instant, temporary Netlify or Vercel or Cloudflare Pages etc. The…
kjksf on HN
Self-hosted VPS with scp
From 1 comment
I’m a forty year old idiot that still just uses a web server running on a VPS. If I want publicly accesible preview I'll scp them to a temp folder on the web server. I am…
velcrovan on HN