At least once a week I think about what’s going to happen to my websites once I die. Within a month or two they’ll probably disappear, which upsets me.
What can I do to avoid that? It shouldn’t be too difficult. All my sites are static, aside from Learnt.me which is put online via Obsidian Publish. But Learnt.me is probably the site I’d like to remain online the most after I die.
WordPress now offers their 100-Year Plan. But it’s $38,000.
NearlyFreeSpeech is pay-as-you-go. So I could conceivably top up my account with as much as I could afford and it should last a while (assuming they stay in business).
My current sites are largely on Amazon S3. So as long as there’s an active card to pay the $3-4 monthly pay it should keep working for many years.
But ideally my Will gives some instructions and some money for preserving my digital legacy. And one of my more tech-y friends could carry it out.
I don’t plan on dying any time soon. But it would be good to put a plan in place.
