How to build a low-tech website? (2018)

Re:How to build a low-tech website? (2018) by rakoo on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:01AM (#29079461)

> Less than 100% reliability is essential for the sustainability

Less than 100% reliability is going to be mandatory as part of the degrowth we'll need if we want to seriously tackle climate change. Less reliability, all the way towards offline-first, is the most sensible way to go

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Re:How to build a low-tech website? (2018) by Juliate on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:08AM (#29079511)

Actually, you can achieve 100% reliability with any kind or extent of downtime.

As long as downtime is expected and bounded, as long as the uptime planned period is actually up, you're at 100% reliability (but not 100% uptime).

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Re:How to build a low-tech website? (2018) by rakoo on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:46PM (#29083774)

I think you're being pedantic over the meaning of words; true, a website that announces being up 1 minute per year and is up 1 minute per year is 100% reliable. But in common discussions, reliable really means "up and running".

Now, maybe you're right and we should be using another word, and aim towards less uptime ?

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Re:How to build a low-tech website? (2018) by Juliate on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @06:39AM (#29092929)

Well, maybe that's pedantic, but reliability has a precise meaning that means hard money through service level agreements.

So yes, it's worth it to be specific over the difference between being available and being reliable (== meeting expectations, including being unavailable at times).

If I claim a 99.5% uptime SLA guarantee for my webservice and that it does, it's reliable. However, 0.5% of the time, it may be unavailable _and that's not an issue_.

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