Hacker News with Generative AI: Web Hosting

Hostinger Account Suspension and Data Loss Cost Us $200k (ycombinator.com)
We want to warn everyone about our horrible experience with Hostinger, a so-called "managed hosting" service that completely failed to protect our server, falsely accused us of phishing, suspended our account without proof, and refused to provide any data backup, leading to a massive financial loss of over $200,000.
Ask HN: Why pay for Cloud Hosting if I can just use Cloudflare Tunnels for free? (ycombinator.com)
I'm paying thousands of dollars a year for AWS when it seems to me I could just buy a computer and a couple solid state drives, and host locally.
Dear hosters, you are selling wood, not furniture (berthub.eu)
And it absolutely PAINS me to see European hosting providers advertising, “just come to our cloud”.
Ask HN: Replacement for Rackspace SMTP Hosting? (ycombinator.com)
Just got email, Rackspace increases monthly minimum to $12 (was $10) for basic SMTP hosting.
Canadian VPS Review (lukecyca.com)
Over a decade ago, I surveyed three Canadian VPS offerings. I self-host quite a few things professionally and personally, and over the years I've used AWS, DigitalOcean, Linode, and a handful of smaller VPS providers. I decided that in February 2025 it's high time that I take another look at Canadian providers.
Comments on Shared Unix Hosting vs. the Cloud (oils.pub)
This is a follow-up to Comments on Scripting, CGI, and FastCGI, from June (lobste.rs comments).
Ask HN: Is Godaddy Running a Scam? (ycombinator.com)
Recently, I was trying to a buy a domain for which we had bid in Godaddy. We bid the suggested price in Godaddy. Our bid was rejected buy the owner.
Ask HN: Is Cloudflare R2 working for you? (ycombinator.com)
Just going to the overview page on the dashboard shows “An unexpected error occured. Please try again later.” on the UI.
Free Web Hosting Area (freewebhostingarea.com)
Welcome to Free Web Hosting Area!! You can always reach us at https://www.freewebhostingarea.com or short address https://freewha.com.
FTC Takes Action Against GoDaddy for Lax Data Security for Its Web Hosting (ftc.gov)
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.
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.
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.
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).
ServerlessWP: Host WordPress Sites on Vercel, Netlify, or AWS Lambda (github.com/mitchmac)
Host WordPress sites on Vercel, Netlify, or AWS Lambda
"So what happens if you buy http://us-east-1.com?" (twitter.com)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Court grants WP Engine's motion to shorten time [pdf] (courtlistener.com)
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.
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.
Hetzner Object Storage (hetzner.com)
How Much Traffic a $6 VPS Server Can Handle? (youtube.com)
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.
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 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.
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.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.