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Running an open source app: Usage, costs and community donations

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260 points scastiel | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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mherrmann ◴[18 Oct 24 18:05 UTC] No.41881923[source]▶
Re your question on saving costs: If you run it on a single Linux VPS, then I suspect you can get the costs down to 5-10$ per month.

One thing I find interesting is the growth chart: It's linear. But given that the app clearly has some traction, and is viral in nature, how come it isn't exponential?

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1. binwiederhier ◴[19 Oct 24 00:13 UTC] No.41884591[source]▶
I was thinking exactly this. I am the maintainer of ntfy.sh and my costs are $0 at the moment because DogotalOcean is paying for it 100% because it is open source. It would be around $100, though I must admit it's quite oversized. However, my volume is much much higher than what is described in the blog.

I suspect that the architecture can be improved to get the cost down.