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Lesson 27 of 30

Hosting a site

Static sites can be hosted free on GitHub Pages, Netlify or Cloudflare Pages. Dynamic sites like Lazo Lab run on a server with a web server like nginx or a tunnel like Tailscale Funnel.

Key points

  • Static: just files
  • Dynamic: code runs on a server
  • Always serve over HTTPS
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Which kind of site can be hosted free on GitHub Pages?

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