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Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

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Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

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Post by nodesocket »

Seems like Netlify is the offspring if CloudFlare and Heroku had a child.

I am using Google Cloud Storage as my origin and CloudFlare for few corporate static sites, and it works fantastic. Get CDN, http/2, free SSL, and cost is literally cents.

Deployment is simple with the gsutil cli:

  // regex excludes dotfiles recursively
  gsutil rsync -R -x '^\/?(?:\w+\/)*(\.\w+)' directory-to-sync-here gs://bucket-here

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#42

Post by limeblack »

alberth wrote: post #33

I've never understood Netlify. They are supposed to be targeted at static high performance blogs. Yet their own blog is 15MB in size and over 100 different http requests. See the YSlow report for their blog site below. https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/C6fG3uTg It receives an "F" rating. Isn't this kind of bloated website the exact problem Netlify is suppose to solve?

That is funny Apple's site received a C and I typically consider them image heavy https://gtmetrix.com/reports/apple.com/1IDcUYV1

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#43

Post by _fool »

mipmap04 wrote: post #37
alberth wrote: post #33

I've never understood Netlify. They are supposed to be targeted at static high performance blogs. Yet their own blog is 15MB in size and over 100 different http requests. See the YSlow report for their blog site below. https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/C6fG3uTg It receives an "F" rating. Isn't this kind of bloated website the exact problem Netlify is suppose to solve?

To be fair, 14.4MB of that is images (I don't know why some of them are that large, however). Does their offering specifically have something related to image optimization / scaling (I'm unfamiliar with Netlify)?

disclaimer: I work for netlify.

We do have image optimization built-in but it won't change images' size (in case you link externally - we don't want to move your cheese) or do anything lossy.

So - we have not resized and chosen optimal formats for those images and we are working on doing it right now :)

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#44

Post by bobfunk »

ledgerdev wrote: post #28
paulgb wrote: post #20

I moved some static sites to Netlify from S3 because it seemed easier than getting HTTPS working on S3. It certainly was, and I haven't looked back. The automatic generation of a static site from the repo is a killer feature I didn't know I needed until I tried it. Congrats to the team!

Yeah, I loved them too really great service that is forward thinking. They work great for large apps or corporate sites, but for small/personal sites their pricing model doesn't work so well, which I can understand. For instance I needed simple http auth on some directories in a site, and to get that it's $45/month. I ended up with caddy on a $5 digital ocean droplet which automatically sets up and renews the lets en…

For small/personal sites the pricing model is "Free". I think that tends to work well :)

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#45

Post by alberth »

_fool wrote: post #43
mipmap04 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, 14.4MB of that is images (I don't know why some of them are that large, however). Does their offering specifically have something related to image optimization / scaling (I'm unfamiliar with Netlify)?

disclaimer: I work for netlify. We do have image optimization built-in but it won't change images' size (in case you link externally - we don't want to move your cheese) or do anything lossy. So - we have not resized and chosen optimal formats for those images and we are working on doing it right now :)

Please note I am truly rooting for you guys to make the web a better place.

But it's not just the blog I linked to above that's slow, it's even the blog post of this very HN post.

https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/KdCXA8bB

54 http request (26 of which are JS) just seems kind of nuts for a blog post.

Not trying to make you guys look bad.

But clearly asset merging and image optimization are needed.

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#46

Post by ledgerdev »

bobfunk wrote: post #44
ledgerdev wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I loved them too really great service that is forward thinking. They work great for large apps or corporate sites, but for small/personal sites their pricing model doesn't work so well, which I can understand. For instance I needed simple http auth on some directories in a site, and to get that it's $45/month. I ended up with caddy on a $5 digital ocean droplet which automatically sets up and renews the lets en…

For small/personal sites the pricing model is "Free". I think that tends to work well :)

Not so much when you need a feature not included in free. And free is always subject to change.

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#47

Post by bobfunk »

alberth wrote: post #45
_fool wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

disclaimer: I work for netlify. We do have image optimization built-in but it won't change images' size (in case you link externally - we don't want to move your cheese) or do anything lossy. So - we have not resized and chosen optimal formats for those images and we are working on doing it right now :)

Please note I am truly rooting for you guys to make the web a better place. But it's not just the blog I linked to above that's slow, it's even the blog post of this very HN post. https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/KdCXA8bB 54 http request (26 of which are JS) just seems kind of nuts for a blog post. Not trying to make you guys look bad. But clearly asset merging and image optimization are needed.

Netlify as a service doesn't really affect how you do things as a front-end developer, but we do help make sure that all those assets get to your browser as fast as can be.

But yes, we all agree that we should do a better job of making our website leaner and we do have a bunch of changes planned around that (and we're hiring!).

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#48

Post by bobfunk »

ledgerdev wrote: post #46
bobfunk wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For small/personal sites the pricing model is "Free". I think that tends to work well :)

Not so much when you need a feature not included in free. And free is always subject to change.

The features not included in free are not typically things you can't do without for personal projects (ie, password protection, role based access control, role management for team members, etc...)

Re: Netlify Raises $12M from A16Z

#49

Post by alberth »

bobfunk wrote: post #47
alberth wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please note I am truly rooting for you guys to make the web a better place. But it's not just the blog I linked to above that's slow, it's even the blog post of this very HN post. https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/KdCXA8bB 54 http request (26 of which are JS) just seems kind of nuts for a blog post. Not trying to make you guys look bad. But clearly asset merging and image optimization are needed.

Netlify as a service doesn't really affect how you do things as a front-end developer, but we do help make sure that all those assets get to your browser as fast as can be. But yes, we all agree that we should do a better job of making our website leaner and we do have a bunch of changes planned around that (and we're hiring!).

Congrats again on the funding. Your vision of a better web is inspiring. Wishing you and your team the best.
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