https://treadwell.net/tags/case-study/Recent content in Case-Study on TreadwellHugoen-usWed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://treadwell.net/blog/building-image-hosting-website/Wed, 15 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://treadwell.net/blog/building-image-hosting-website/<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>I developed and operated an image hosting website called <a href="https://trdwll.com/experiments/imglnx/">imglnx.com</a> (image links/lynx) for just over a year (Dec 5, 2016-Mar 3, 2018).  The domain changed ownership to a trusted friend on Nov 20, 2018, and I have no idea if that friend will recreate imglnx.</p> <p>I created imglnx (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180104183842/https://www.imglnx.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="favicon" src="https://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip3/web.archive.org.ico" alt="" width="16" height="16" loading="lazy">archive</a>) for a very simple reason, to create an image host that focused on free, fast, secure, and simple image hosting with a focus on privacy. Not only did I operate imglnx, but I also operated my own DNS servers. The entire service was based outside of the USA (excluding the domain - was registered at Namecheap).</p>