DDoS prevention, and caching with Argo, image compression, and tiered cache.
My one little server delivers images way above its batting weight for little cost. It’s a compelling offering.
I am genuinely interested in alternatives though.
Discussion
DDoS protection is pretty common. There are alternatives to using a steeply discounted private network for the others. I am working on an alternative with pleb.cloud using Tier 1 colocations, with Montreal and Los Angeles first. All to ween off of AWS, which is not even as much of a black box as Cloudflare. I think nostr and the related ecosystem can benefit from putting as much focus on infrastructure architecture as on clients. 🤙