Find a Replacement for Surge.sh

[sopa301]

Is the feature request related to a problem?

Surge seems to be having reliability issues. Occasionally, the main site is inaccessible from Singapore. If its reliability deteriorates further, we might have to look for a replacement.

If possible, describe the solution

We can consider Vercel, Netlify (it has a RepoSense deployment, though it fell out of favour because of usage limits), Github Actions.

Additional context

Somewhat related to #2194, but this time both the docs and site deployments are down with 503 errors.

[joeng03]

Currently, Vercel requires Pro Plan ($20 a month) for GitHub organizations but personal GitHub account is free. We can set it up on our own forks but will need to create separate PRs for Vercel deployment previews. Would need to explore other free options as a back-up plan.

[joeng03]

Hi @damithc @sopa301, I realized that the Vercel still automatically deploys a preview on my own fork once I open a PR from my fork to Reposense. This means we don't need to create separate PRs for Vercel deployment previews. Based on this, would it be worth putting in the effort to develop a pipeline to deploy to Vercel?

[damithc]

Hi @damithc @sopa301, I realized that the Vercel still automatically deploys a preview on my own fork once I open a PR from my fork to Reposense. This means we don't need to create separate PRs for Vercel deployment previews. Based on this, would it be worth putting in the effort to develop a pipeline to deploy to Vercel?

@joeng03 Does it work even if a fork has multiple PRs i.e, Vercel deploys a preview for each PR?

[joeng03]

@damithc yes, it deploys previews for multiple branches automatically