How come? I think services like GitHub pages are a great way to host a static site.
I remember using 000webhost back in the day, their free plan had an uptime of "maybe".
I can find it for much lower though, like $8/year? Then again that's on namecheap who then raise rates when you go in to renew lol.
That's 10 years of benefiting from a real domain name for the cost of... a very long list of pointless $100 goods and services.
It's a couple of cents per day.
If we think about potential dollars, though:
The bottomless pit isn't very deep, it's a few dollars a year.
If it nets you one single short-contract offer (nevermind a job) or worthwhile contact because someone found your work, it'll pay itself off many, many times over. Let's say one person found him and offered him a $3000 contract to do some electronic thing for a week, well, then the cost of the domain and hosting won't matter for the rest of his life.
The mere fact that this guy has an oscilloscope out means he has skills that someone might want to contact him about in relation to his blog.
Limiting yourself for want of a $10/year domain name is probably not a great idea, and again, it's something I learned the hard way.
https://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=388
“tailsteak.com
Alright, so I'm finally fed up with Tokelau.
Don't get me wrong, it's a nice island, but they just aren't answering my mail.
I suppose most of you have noticed, by now, the fifteen-second ads that present you with beautiful women and fish when you surf to tailsteak.tk. Those are not my ads. I do not obtain revenue from them. Tokelau's domain name referral service just started putting them up there without so much as a by-your-leave. I have contacted their tech support and enquired if, perhaps, they might consider removing them for customers willing to pay a certain amount. They have not responded.
Of course, I have had access to tailsteak.com for some time now. So henceforth, I will be directing my viewers there. It's the same site, the same host, and, in truth, the .tk address has been sending you there for months. But now it's official. Note the change in title graphic:
tailsteak.com”
Although I think .icu and .xyz are far bigger offenders than .tk these days.
Some sites shadowban .tk, Reddit probably still does. Search engines probably downrank it. That's because it's free and has been used for a lot of spammy stuff.
This makes it harder for people to share and harder for people to find. That might just put a damper on your hobby, but it might also mean you won't get random emails about jobs you might want. (If you're interested in that.)
I only mention it because I learned that the hard way many years ago.