Building Pinkary: a social media that runs on SQLite and server costs of $7/mo
Let me introduce you to Pinkary: one link for all your socials — yes, it's a LinkTree alternative. We've reached over 450 users in just 24 hours, and after three weeks, we have 1,200 users with verified emails.
Pinkary allows you to create a minimal profile page that showcases all the important links you wish to share with your followers. In addition, you can ask questions (similar to ask.fm or CuriousCat) to engage with other users.
Currently, Pinkary is running on PHP 8.3, Laravel, Tailwind, Pest, Livewire, Alpine, and we are using Mailcoach for emails. Oh, and we're all in on SQLite – using it for the database, queue, sessions, and cache.
Also, the running costs are $7.80:
- $6.00 for a droplet on Digital Ocean: 1 CPU, 1GB Ram, 25GB disk size.
- $1.80 for daily backups on Digital Ocean.
Let me know what you think, or if you have any questions! I'm open to all kinds of feedback.
Here is the landing page: https://pinkary.com
Here is my profile: https://pinkary.com/@nunomaduro