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Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by hiphopyo »

acarrera wrote: post #4

if looking into digitalocean, vultr.com is slightly better in terms of pricing and processors, though it takes much longer (~2-3mins) to spin up a vm instead of <60s in digitalocean

I must strongly agree with this one. Just switched from DigitalOcean to Vultr myself. Vultr is the only decent one I'm aware of who'll let me run OpenBSD. No other OS is good enough for me. Strongest security in the world, and no need to update as frequently as with other OSes or distros.

Choose OpenBSD for your Unix needs. OpenBSD -- the world's simplest and most secure Unix-like OS. Creator of the world's most used SSH implementation OpenSSH, the world's most elegant firewall PF, the world's most elegant mail server OpenSMTPD, the OpenSSL rewrite LibreSSL, and the NTP rewrite OpenNTPD. OpenBSD -- the cleanest kernel, the cleanest userland and the cleanest configuration syntax.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by franciscop »

colinbartlett wrote: post #21
pimterry wrote: post #15

If you're talking about hosting your startup's landing page, stick with Github Pages: https://pages.github.com/ . Free, super quick & easy, with custom domains to boot. Personally, for almost any product I start here. Even if you do need server-side infrastructure for the product, hosting all your marketing pages on GH pages is probably the right choice - they're going to be better at reliably hosting and serving sta…

Since Github Pages doesn't support SSL/TLS certificates for custom domains, I don't think anyone should be using it. It's simply outdated technology.

There are definitely ways to add SSL to Github Pages https://superdom.site/

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by [deleted] »

colinbartlett wrote: post #21
pimterry wrote: post #15

If you're talking about hosting your startup's landing page, stick with Github Pages: https://pages.github.com/ . Free, super quick & easy, with custom domains to boot. Personally, for almost any product I start here. Even if you do need server-side infrastructure for the product, hosting all your marketing pages on GH pages is probably the right choice - they're going to be better at reliably hosting and serving sta…

Since Github Pages doesn't support SSL/TLS certificates for custom domains, I don't think anyone should be using it. It's simply outdated technology.

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Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by hiphopyo »

tjpd wrote: post #46
idlewords wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using Heroku puts two levels of bloat between you and the hardware, and locks you into a hosting environment that becomes very expensive quickly. Eschew.

I disagree with this wholeheartedly and just posted why above but wanted to reiterate it here. This might just have been a throw-away comment but "bloat", lock-in & cost are red-herrings. "Bloat" here is a virtue. Heroku removes two levels of drudgery and administration between you and the hardware. Who wants to be racking hardware? Who wants to be patching the OS? Who wants to be dealing with package vulnerabilities…

> Who wants to be patching the OS? Who wants to be dealing with package vulnerabilities?

Choose OpenBSD (and don't install stupid stuff like bash) and you won't have to deal with any of that.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by hiphopyo »

the_common_man wrote: post #19
acarrera wrote: post #4

if looking into digitalocean, vultr.com is slightly better in terms of pricing and processors, though it takes much longer (~2-3mins) to spin up a vm instead of <60s in digitalocean

This is not true if you have custom snapshots. DO takes quiet a bit of time if you have custom images. My experience with vultr is that it boots very fast (<1 min)

Does DO even offer custom images? Last I spoke to the owner he said they had other priorities.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by LaurentVB »

coupdejarnac wrote: post #56

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but Redhat's Openshift provides an alternative to Heroku. I've used it for a few years and been happy with it. They have a startup program that gives you access to a paid tier for a year. I've used Openshift to host Node and Flask apps. Edit: a bunch of downvotes for trying to be helpful, how nice.

I was pretty happy with openshift until I recently discovered it was impossible to update the version of an os package I depended on. On heroku, custom buildpack and it was done in 5 minutes.

Re: Ask HN: Where should I host my startup?

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Post by viraptor »

hiphopyo wrote: post #64
tjpd wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree with this wholeheartedly and just posted why above but wanted to reiterate it here. This might just have been a throw-away comment but "bloat", lock-in & cost are red-herrings. "Bloat" here is a virtue. Heroku removes two levels of drudgery and administration between you and the hardware. Who wants to be racking hardware? Who wants to be patching the OS? Who wants to be dealing with package vulnerabilities…

> Who wants to be patching the OS? Who wants to be dealing with package vulnerabilities? Choose OpenBSD (and don't install stupid stuff like bash) and you won't have to deal with any of that.

No system is immune. Everything needs to be patched. https://www.openbsd.org/errata60.html
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