YAPC has shutdown

YAPC started off as a side project of mine, I was surprised when I found out that other people had started using it. It was fun working on it at first, however, I quickly got burned out and stopped working on it. I quickly realized that running a file hoster is not as easy as it might seem.

One of the main reasons I'm shutting it down is because I don't have the time to work on it anymore. Balancing the project with other projects i have became very difficult, and it was clear that YAPC required more attention than I could afford to give it.

Additionally, the site faced several issues. The server was hit by DDoS attacks multiple times, which was a pain in the ass because it not only took the down the primary server, the primary server was hosted on my home network. So my entire home network was affected. People started crashing the server using various methods which required fixing the code, which i did not have time to do.

Storage became another major issue. And i quickly ran out

The final nail in the coffin was when i was informed that CSAM was being uploaded to YAPC, preventing this from happening would be hard and time consuming.

In light of these challenges, and after much consideration, I've made the difficult decision to shut down YAPC. Files will remain accessible for the time being. I would love to be able to upload the files to the Internet Archive but due to the files potentially containing CSAM or other personal information, it's not feasible without thorough inspection and verification, which is way beyond my capacity to handle alone.