I'm not concerned with that, unlike the porn tubes that rank first on Google.
Hosting and technical infrastructure :
Videos are not hosted internally; I use embed codes from major platforms (XVideos, XHamster, Eporner).
This saves me from bandwidth costs, keeping hosting expenses very low. The site itself runs on a VPS with CyberPanel/LiteSpeed, PHP, and MariaDB, hosted by AlexHost.
The import process is fully automated using Python scripts that fetch metadata (title, thumbnail, duration, view count) and store it in a MySQL database. Pages are generated dynamically from this data.
Anticipated future challenges :
1. Short term: traffic. The content engine is running (nearly 9,000 videos imported, with automated imports every 4 hours), but attracting qualified visitors remains the real challenge. I am just starting to automate posting on X to complete the loop.
2. Medium term: reliance on external embeds. If a platform changes its embedding policy or gets blocked in France (as is already the case for PornHub or RedTube), I could lose those videos overnight. There is no real solution to this other than diversifying sources.
3. Long term: if traffic increases significantly, I will need to consider using a CDN, a caching strategy, and potentially self-hosting at least some of the content. For now, Cloudflare handles caching, but only in a basic way.
(PS: already 2 months of building and fixing, and still not fully finished)
