If it does a good job, somebody should get paid for it. I wouldn't rely on using this if it depends on donations (I call this begware). People expect to pay for services and products.
For MapHub to work, I had to invest in my own tile server infrastructure: there is no way I could have made MapHub financially profitable with a 3rd party tile provider. So I kept iterating and iterating on the tile server infrastructure and after 9 years I arrived at a state which was worth open-sourcing.
I'm happy if this project gets to the point from sponsorship where my hosting bill is covered ($175 per month), but it doesn't have to be financially successful on its own.
I'll keep working on it because it's part of my main business, not because I beg for donations.
If so I'd say you need to work on the SEO and findability side.
Nginx is fast, but I think that’s asking too much of it.
Of course that problem hasn’t happened yet, but it’s what I’d be worried about.
So using nginx in a 1 Gbps server is definitely not asking too much of it, or I might not have understood your comment clearly.
Why would Facebook decide to use my tile server? When a company's business depends on having reliable map tiles, they either self host or have an Enterprise deal with Mapbox, etc.
It’s interesting to know that the limiting factor is bandwidth and not nginx/disk speed though. I’ll admit I don’t see 30Gbit of map tiles happening any time soon.
The specific example you give is not going to happen.
So disrespectful and so ignorant. You rely on free software without even knowing it but are happy to not dig around much and benefit from it. But heres a new project and you call it begware.
If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all.
This only reflects how fucking stupid you are. If you read the post in any detail, you'd realize the author has been running a paid service for a while (9 years) and does not need your help.