Server costs stuck on 2020?

[ZooL]

I turned off my addblocker on some other site for a reason then came here and didn't even notice it was still off, then went to some other site and almost got cancer, then came back here to double check and nope still normal.

Then noticed that the server donation/costs were still on 2020 and then remembered some time where i tried to donate a little but kept having some issue. That little widget being buggered and a one click option to sabs server funds bsb and account details is all that is holding me back from chipping in $50 or so.

[Needfulalterego]

Yeah it's kinda beyond me why it's so much at first thought but that's probably just how it is if you want somebody else the infra and the app etc for you. Wouldn't cost much to spin up whats likely a LAMP or similar stack.. But the cost I guess for managing the forum app, SEO, security patches, support, DNS/SSL and infra it makes sense.

I'm in a position these days where I would be happy to chip in for hosting, but I'm also in a position where I have skills and expertise in this area that willing to be offer. For example things can be modernised and save costs but that still takes in investment in time, risks current stability. and probably is just way easier to pay for it.

I'm hoping the backup server isn't perpetually running just waiting for the primary to fail as I'd rather help re-arch so it can be scaled up/down on demand.

 

Otherwise if there are any other sites, services or integrations people would like a hand with just ping me.

I suck at front end and UX stuff full disclosure, because I have very little interest in it, but always happy to help with anything related to Coding, (linux) Systems, Networking, Infrastructure (physicals, embedded SBCs, VMs, containers, serverless), CI/CD, security etc.

Would it help if there was a better integration for donation? Perhaps one that supports different payment types including crypto? I'd be happy to help with such an integration.

[ZooL]

Found the issue(with donation, not the stuck on 2020 thing), was gonna bitch at your IT guy but they are still making this all work so there's that.
 

(Actually..... fire the IT guy, I got to the end of the donation process using my "shop" details and still couldn't get it to work simply)

Edited January 28, 2024 by ZooL

[Torsten]

Donations had slowed right down with covid and I covered it myself. Trying to get a software upgrade organised but to do so i need to upgrade the server and to do that I need to download a back up file. The last thing is a bit difficult on my satellite connection due to the sheer size of the file (took 5 days last time). I suspect it will all work as intended by the time I finish that so not going to tinker right now. Forum will probably be down for a few days shortly.