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.

Web Hosting, Security, Data Loss, Business, Customer Service

12 points by bhushank04 5 days ago | 17 comments

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.

Cloud Hosting, Cloudflare, Web Hosting, Cost Optimization

7 points by EGreg 15 days ago | 7 comments

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”.

Cloud Computing, Web Hosting, Europe

65 points by zdw 15 days ago | 27 comments

Ask HN: Replacement for Rackspace SMTP Hosting? (ycombinator.com)
Just got email, Rackspace increases monthly minimum to $12 (was $10) for basic SMTP hosting.

Web Hosting, Email, Cloud Services

42 points by entrepy123 33 days ago | 51 comments

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.

VPS, Canada, Web Hosting, Technology, Reviews

18 points by ireflect 37 days ago | 4 comments

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).

Unix Hosting, Cloud Computing, Web Hosting

28 points by ThatGuyRaion 48 days ago | 22 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.

Domain Names, Web Hosting, Scams

80 points by bitlad 55 days ago | 57 comments

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.

Cloud Computing, Web Hosting, User Experience

11 points by dvrp 56 days ago | 9 comments

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.

Web Hosting, Free Resources

64 points by tnolet 66 days ago | 37 comments

FTC Takes Action Against GoDaddy for Lax Data Security for Its Web Hosting (ftc.gov)

Data Security, Lawsuits, Web Hosting

5 points by bhartzer 75 days ago | 0 comments

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 82 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 113 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 113 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 121 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 132 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 135 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 147 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 147 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 157 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 159 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 161 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 167 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 176 days ago | 1 comments

Hetzner Object Storage (hetzner.com)

Cloud Storage, Hetzner, Web Hosting

248 points by polyrand 178 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 179 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 181 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 183 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 184 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 187 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 189 days ago | 486 comments