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Lemminator is about to hit Netlify's monthly usage limit - what can I do? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I host a Lemmy.world web UI at https://lemminator.netlify.app/ on Netlify's free tier. Due to intense usage, I got an e-mail warning me that 75% of my functions allowance has been depleted:

I assume that when this counter hits 100%, people who use it will be locked out until the bill cycle resets. Although instance admins can self-host Lemminator, it's still missing a few features like post creation and registration that admins might consider essential.

What do I do? Are there any other free Netlify-like services where I wouldn't run into this usage limit?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pay them?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the horror!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Joking aside, I'm already donating the labor involved to create an alternative web UI. That's as far as I'm willing to go for this project.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

The cloud is just someone else’s computer. You have the good problem that people like your site. You have a bad problem that someone else wants you to pay for all those people who like your site to use their computer in the cloud. You need to self fund or think of a way to earn enough revenue or raise enough funds to pay someone to host your site.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Ask for donations

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmings need to chip in to keep you afloat.

[–] silas 1 points 1 year ago

What is it built with? You can try to cut costs by caching any data that isn’t user-specific.

[–] Zikeji 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At a cursory glance it looks like your project has no backend. Why not host it on GitLab pages? https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/