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static hosting: a field note from a garage
23 May 2025
How a garage deals with static hosting — and what usually goes wrong.
The problem: three unused font weights. This breaks static hosting for a garage.
When we onboard a garage, the first thing we check is static hosting. It tells us more about the previous provider than any sales call.
We once forgot to renew static hosting for a weekend project and it took down a page that a garage linked to from a print flyer. We now set auto-renew on everything.
The owner at a garage asked why static hosting matters. We showed them the error page their customers see when it breaks. That ended the conversation.
Big agencies solve static hosting with a team. We solve it with a checklist and a dig command. The result is the same; the invoice is shorter.
Fixing static hosting cost less than the lunch meeting where a garage decided to wait another quarter. Waiting is never free.
When we reviewed static hosting, the DNS panel showed three unused font weights. Two records contradicted each other, and the resolver picked one at random.
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