Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Hosting

What Is the "MFFAM" Policy? (nearlyfreespeech.net)
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET is a do-it-yourself service, designed to allow experienced webmasters and people who are strongly self-motivated to set up low-cost hosting by only paying for services they actually use.

Web Hosting, Online Privacy

104 points by Tomte 7 days ago | 68 comments

WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules (theverge.com)
WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic.

Legal Battles, WordPress, Web Hosting

27 points by jrflowers 38 days ago | 4 comments

WPEngine, Inc. vs. Automattic– Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction (courtlistener.com)
Before the Court is Plaintiff WPEngine, Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

Lawsuits, Technology, Web Hosting

433 points by kbarmettler 38 days ago | 187 comments

My domain registrar (DNSimple) tried to 5x the cost of my reseller plan (watilo.com)
TL;DR: DNSimple eliminated our "legacy plan" and tried to increase our annual spend from $810 (plus domain registration fees) to $4,000 (plus domain registration fees).

Domain Registrars, Business, Pricing, Web Hosting

86 points by corywatilo 46 days ago | 54 comments

ServerlessWP: Host WordPress Sites on Vercel, Netlify, or AWS Lambda (github.com/mitchmac)
Host WordPress sites on Vercel, Netlify, or AWS Lambda

Serverless, WordPress, Web Hosting, Cloud Computing

4 points by rob 57 days ago | 0 comments

"So what happens if you buy http://us-east-1.com?" (twitter.com)

Domain Names, Internet, Web Hosting

27 points by notamy 59 days ago | 0 comments

WordPress.com's owner launched a tracker for sites leaving WP Engine (theverge.com)
WordPress.com’s owner launched a tracker for sites leaving WP Engine.

WordPress, Web Hosting, Business, Tracking, Data

3 points by CRConrad 72 days ago | 0 comments

WP Engine Tracker (wordpressenginetracker.com)
This is the number of websites that have left WP Engine and found a new home since Sep 21, 2024.

Web Hosting, WordPress, Data, Web Development

25 points by markx2 72 days ago | 10 comments

WP Engine – Ensuring Stability and Security: Recent Timeline (wpengine.com)
We’re keenly aware of the impact recent events have had on the WordPress community and ecosystem, and we’re deeply grateful to the many partners and customers who have stood by WP Engine and trust us to serve you in the face of unprecedented and unwarranted attacks and attempts to disrupt our platform.

WordPress, Security, Web Hosting, Cybersecurity

13 points by rmason 82 days ago | 0 comments

Tell HN: Switched from Lightsail to Hetzner Cloud, 2 blogs for $4 a month (ycombinator.com)
After a few comments mentioned I was probably wasting money using AWS Lightsail, I finally tried out Hetzner Cloud for hosting my Ghost Blogs.

Web Hosting, Cloud Computing, Cost Optimization, Ghost CMS

11 points by 999900000999 84 days ago | 26 comments

Court grants WP Engine's motion to shorten time [pdf] (courtlistener.com)

Legal Cases, Web Hosting, WP Engine

21 points by rob 86 days ago | 1 comments

WP Engine File Motion for Preliminary Injunction (bullenweg.com)
Following Matt’s escalating threats and actions, WP Engine file MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by WPEngine, Inc.

Legal Disputes, Web Hosting, WP Engine

16 points by bullenweg 92 days ago | 2 comments

Wordpress.org Login: "I am not affiliated with WP Engine in any way" (wordpress.org)
Log in to your WordPress.org account to contribute to WordPress, get help in the support forum, or rate and review themes and plugins.

WordPress, Website Development, Web Hosting, Community

116 points by langitbiru 101 days ago | 1 comments

Hetzner Object Storage (hetzner.com)

Cloud Storage, Hetzner, Web Hosting

248 points by polyrand 103 days ago | 185 comments

How Much Traffic a $6 VPS Server Can Handle? (youtube.com)

VPS, Web Hosting, Server Performance, Traffic, Cost

7 points by devarifhossain 104 days ago | 0 comments

Response to WP Engine’s Lawsuit (automattic.com)
Last night, WP Engine filed a baseless lawsuit against Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, and WordPress.org. Their complaint is flawed, start to finish. We vehemently deny WP Engine’s allegations—which are gross mischaracterizations of reality—and reserve all of our rights. Automattic is confident in our legal position, and will vigorously litigate against this absurd filing, as well as pursue all remedies against WP Engine.

Legal Disputes, WordPress, Web Hosting

73 points by kif 106 days ago | 120 comments

Domain Name Price Increases (porkbun.com)
OINK! Have we got some news for YOU! It’s hot off the presses 🗞️ and you’re gonna want to pay attention to this one. It’s about everyone’s least favorite subject — domain price increases.

Domain Names, Pricing, Web Hosting

5 points by azhenley 107 days ago | 1 comments

Domain to a Landing Page right from DNS settings (medium.com)
Are you sitting on a collection of unused domains? You’re not alone. Many of us purchase domain names with future projects in mind, only to leave them dormant. I built a simple solution to put these domains to work: YourDomainSite.com.

Domain Names, Website Development, Web Hosting

4 points by alexhalpin 109 days ago | 2 comments

WP Engine Reprieve (wordpress.org)
I’ve heard from WP Engine customers that they are frustrated that WP Engine hasn’t been able to make updates, plugin directory, theme directory, and Openverse work on their sites. It saddens me that they’ve been negatively impacted by Silver Lake‘s commercial decisions.

WordPress, Web Hosting, Business, Technology

52 points by program 112 days ago | 79 comments

WordPress.org bans WP Engine (techcrunch.com)
WordPress drama went up another notch on Wednesday after WordPress.org, the open source web-hosting software, banned hosting provider WP Engine from accessing its resources.

WordPress, Web Hosting, Open Source, Technology, Business

567 points by openplatypus 114 days ago | 486 comments

WP Engine Must Win (rmccue.io)
On stage at WordCamp US last week, Matt Mullenweg gave a keynote presentation which made a wide range of points about contribution, the ethics of open source, and the commitments various companies make to contributing. In particular, he called out WP Engine in what was a fairly clear direction to the community to stop using them. This was then followed with a post on WordPress.org.

WordPress, Open Source, Business, Web Hosting

38 points by rmccue 114 days ago | 7 comments

WP Engine is banned from WordPress.org (wordpress.org)
WP Engine is banned from WordPress.org

WordPress, Web Hosting, Open Source, Software

156 points by lambda-dev 114 days ago | 58 comments

WordPress Plugin Repository Inaccessible to WP Engine Hosted Sites (reddit.com)

WordPress, Web Hosting, Web Development, Errors

8 points by jakelazaroff 114 days ago | 1 comments

WordPress Plugin Repository Inaccessible to WP Engine Hosted Sites (reddit.com)
WordPress.org has blocked WP Engine customers from updating and installing plugins and themes via WP Admin.

WordPress, Web Hosting, Software, Security

26 points by markx2 114 days ago | 13 comments

Automattic has sent a cease and desist to WP Engine (twitter.com)

Lawsuits, WordPress, Web Hosting

29 points by joshbetz 115 days ago | 10 comments

WP Engine sent “cease and desist” letter to Automattic (twitter.com)

Legal Issues, Web Hosting, WordPress

317 points by kevmarsden 116 days ago | 266 comments

Gandi's .com renewal price is up 60% (mataroa.blog)
But now, in their August 2024 price list, they are certainly giving customers a good reason to look for other options. The .com renewal price is up nearly 60%.

Domain Names, Pricing, Web Hosting

43 points by nkrycek 118 days ago | 51 comments

Dave's “Games Under NT 4.0” page (1998) (archive.org)
The web page will be moving soon. I have finally found a decent provider with FrontPage extension support. That means that I will have an NT server running a Microsoft FrontPage server.

Web Development, Web Hosting, Microsoft, History, Nostalgia

12 points by Lammy 125 days ago | 4 comments

Cohost to shut down at end of 2024 (cohost.org)
We have come to the decision to cease operations of cohost and anti software software club due to lack of funding and burnout. As of today, none of us are being paid for our labor1; all of our money in the bank, and any money coming in from people who buy our merch or don’t cancel cohost plus, is going towards servers and operations — paying the bills so we can turn the lights off with as little disruption as possible.