I’m absolutely guilty of self-documenting code, but mostly because I’m sick of everyone else’s lying comments.

I can’t speak to long term, but I just registered my first domain through them yesterday and it seemed fine. Better than other small services I’ve used in the past, for sure.

I knew I read something was kept for 6 months ;)

Glad to see that even here, the best way to get the right answer on the internet is to provide a wrong one.

IIRC, I’ve read comments elsewhere that pictrs caches for 6 months, but I can’t independently verify. I hope this gets a broader answer because I’m still on the fence about getting an instance set up for myself and some small communities.

OP, MUDs are a real treat if you’ve never experienced them, but you want to find a good, active, sane one. I highly recommend Discworld MUD, even if you’re not familiar with the Discworld book series. I’ve been there on and off since the late 90s. It’s amazing how much love this game still gets from admins and creators, and it’s 100% free to play.

Just keep in mind they’re no less addictive than their modern equivalent, MMOs.

I’ve worked on a commercial project that started with nothing but domain knowledge and perseverance. The end result was hideous and inefficient, but it was enough to get a successful company started. It’s the ugliest code I’ve ever seen, but it’s hard to argue with results. At least in this case, domain knowledge was more important than any software engineering ability would have been.