Something a bit different today...
There's a really nice Fediverse admin on here called @stux who provides lots of free decentralised public services (public instances of Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Matrix, Nitter, Invidious, Searx etc).
Stux is spending hundreds of euros a month so that these services remain free and operational.
Apparently Stux has had a tough time finding work recently, but has their own small business which provides web hosting.
If you're looking for a small indie hosting provider, this might be a really good choice as the money raised will help keep the Fedi going too:
(I'm sorry to embarass you Stux, but I think you deserve a shout-out for the good work you do!)
@kerfuffle @feditips Many kinds 
Currently all listed services on Stuxhost ofc plus I can manage / setup servers for clients and maintain them. Build websites/shops etc! 💪
@passthejoe @feditips We got them both! 
Shared hosting comes with full access to the DirectAdmin panel(can also be managed directly from Stuxhost panel) hosted in Amsterdam
@stux@🤣 mstdn.social @feditips
Do shared-hosting accounts have shell access?
@passthejoe
If it does, then I haven't found it yet
@stux
@feditips
@trebach Nop, to be 'safe' I have not enabled that If people need shell I would rec a VPS instead of shared @passthejoe @feditips
@passthejoe @feditips Nop! Sorry
@feditips @stux
Just tried to check out
https://stuxhost.com/
but the Cookie banner is a little bit ugly...
@stux maybe check out https://umami.is for some really simple, privacy conscious analytics which you can host yourself. 😊 Just in case you don't want to completely get rid of analytics.
@stux
Have a look at @plausible
@nick @feditips
@nick @stux @feditips checking the cookie page (which is hard with the cookie banner in the way) it seems only essential/functional cookies are used and no third party.
In that case I don't think users need to accept cookies at all, as they are essential?
Or if I can't deny cookie, say "we only use necessary first party cookies"?
Strictly necessary cookies — These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features ... it is not required to obtain consent for these cookies, what they do and why they are necessary should be explained to the user.
A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 1000 character limit.
@feditips AAAOOOWW! ❤️ thank you so much for this!
I LOVE it!