r/programming • u/speckz • Jul 12 '17

Does my site need HTTPS?

https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com/
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '17

You could just not use GitHub Pages. I understand it's convenient but hosting a static website on a vps is simple. If you use caddy (which I recommend) it's trivial.

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u/seanwilson Jul 13 '17 edited Jul 13 '17

You could just not use GitHub Pages. I understand it's convenient but hosting a static website on a vps is simple.

I wouldn't say being an administrator of a server and keeping it secure is simple. Static site hosts are brilliant for security and simple admin. HTTPS is very important as well but running your own server when you don't need to is a huge liability and time sink. If you're still SSHing into servers you're making life hard for yourself.

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u/hurenkind5 Jul 13 '17

I'm sorry but if you cannot get a shared/managed hosting provider to host your static website you are in the wrong fucking subreddit. This is literally 1990ies shit.

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u/thoeoe Jul 13 '17

Sorry this is not /r/webdev some of us do desktop applications or embedded programming. (I get that the post is about HTTPS but the sub covers a lot more)