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0 pointsnathankunicki6y ago0 comments

I had honestly never heard of Netlify. I thought GitHub Pages was the standard, with S3 static hosting a second (more involved) option.

EDIT: Googling suggests Netlify offers a build, deploy, hosting pipeline all-in-one box. Which is substantially more than any of the projects mentioned here. These serve a single purpose - simple hosting of static websites.

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dguo6y ago

Netlify can also be very simple to use. You can literally give them a folder of just HTML, CSS, and JS: https://app.netlify.com/drop

xondono6y ago

Also, github pages require a public repository (or a pro account), Netlify + github doesn’t

sharcerer6y ago

that's a bummer. I thought now that we have private free repos, websites could be hosted there. Still nice feature. I guess, the public nature definitely generates some trust and also is a good way of showing your work as Github works like a project showcase platform too.

jeremyjh6y ago

GitHub will build for you if you use Jekyll.

Phrodo_006y ago

And gitlab will build for you if you tell it how to.

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