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Ask HN: How to host my website for cheap?

A developer with 10+ years of experience asks the Hacker News community for cheap or free options to host a personal profile page and blog. They mention being suggested Cloudflare and GitHub Pages by AI, but want to verify with real users and avoid outdated or junk advice.

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- A developer with ~10 years of experience posts on Hacker News (HN) asking how to host a simple personal site (profile + blog) cheaply. HN is a Y Combinator-run forum widely followed in tech. - They're frustrated because search results are full of SEO spam, and their knowledge of hosting options is outdated. AI suggested Cloudflare + GitHub Pages. - GitHub Pages: free static-site hosting from Microsoft-owned GitHub. Good for simple HTML/CSS/JS sites but no server-side code, limited bandwidth. - Cloudflare: major CDN/security company. Offers its own free "Pages" hosting plus free DNS, HTTPS, and DDoS protection. - The real question is about "static site hosting" — the cheapest way to serve pages that don't need a database. Common free options: Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel. The community will weigh in on trade-offs.

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