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littlestymaar 2 hours ago

> Even you use HN.

A website that runs on an infra that could sit in a cupboard under the stairs serving hundreds of thousands of users with very small loading time.

> My friends and family aren't going to be convinced to use a Jitsi instance running in my house

> (where I pay $0.35/kWh).

Using an old phone or laptop as server means you'll end up with a single digit annual electricity bill for that.

rahimnathwani an hour ago | parent [-]

Does dang run HN on a single server? Why does HN use Algolia for search and Firebase for its API?

"Using an old phone or laptop as server means you'll end up with a single digit annual electricity bill for that."

The largest possible single digit annual electricity bill would be $9. That's almost enough to run a 3W device 24x7 for a year. Do you know any old phone or laptop that can serve as a reliable Jitsi server yet draws an average of 3W or less?