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Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by sjroot »

mbleigh wrote: post #27
pixelmonkey wrote: post #15

May not be widely known, but a startup named Divshot launched what feels to me now like an identical service to Netlify, just a few years earlier. Existed ~2012-2015. They were acquired by Google and their product was converted into Firebase Hosting. I haven't tried it, though: https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/

Founder of Divshot here, and engineering manager of the Firebase Hosting team. Thanks for the shoutout! :)

I love Firebase Hosting probably just as much as Netlify. Even more if you consider the various services besides hosting that Firebase offers. Thank you for making a great product! And if you're hiring, my email is in my profile :D

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by lappet »

brianfryer wrote: post #19
pixelmonkey wrote: post #15

May not be widely known, but a startup named Divshot launched what feels to me now like an identical service to Netlify, just a few years earlier. Existed ~2012-2015. They were acquired by Google and their product was converted into Firebase Hosting. I haven't tried it, though: https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/

I loved using Divshot, and was sad when their service was shuttered. I’ve been using Netlify ever since, though, and have launched 20+ web projects in the past 18 months. Easily my favorite hosting solution I’ve ever used.

Is it free for personal projects?

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by fvdessen »

manigandham wrote: post #67
brbcoding wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In our case, we moved a blog from WP to a static Gatsby.js site. It's hosted on Netlify and all content is driven by Contentful where updates trigger a webhook on Netlify to rebuild the blog (new posts are pulled during this build process).

So now you're using 2 different services to host a site, instead of just using hosted Wordpress (or squarespace, wix, etc). Does Contentful provide the same content editing experience? What are the advantages here?

The advantage is that the resulting website being just static pages will be much faster and secure that your hosted wordpress. And compared to wix etc, you have a lot more control on the appearance and structure of your website, because you can use wathever static website builder you choose

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by panda427 »

Built vote by mail website for Florida (https://www.stampthevote.com) using a single JSON file with 1500 zip codes and Gatsby.js and deployed with Netlify.

Great to be in the future and not have to worry about hosting a server for such a simple site.

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by thealfreds »

tinyvm wrote: post #66
perplamps wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Firebase hosting for a static site that gets between 100-400gb of traffic per month, and it works out a bit cheaper than Netlify ($15-$50/m vs. flat $45/m). I hardly ever use their web interface and just deal with their one line CLI. My biggest concern with Firebase is if it's still going to be around in a year or two. That's why I'd be reluctant to use it for DB and auth stuff. I narrowly avoided jumping into…

> My biggest concern with Firebase is if it's still going to be around in a year or two That's interesting , why Firebase would go away ? It's just back end on top of GCloud. Actually , everytime you do something in Firebase , it create a ressources in your GCloud account. Firebase may not be super popular for SaaS but for Mobile , it's the king and by far , you can use it with no doubt.

I think most of the concern comes from Google shutting down services and apis pretty regularly. I wouldn't use it for large projects or long term projects because of how differently you need to write things to effectively work with it.

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by sytse »

StavrosK wrote: post #37

I use Netlify for all my static sites and it's been amazing. All I have to do is push and they take care of everything else, I can't understate how much I love the product. If you want to check out a live deployment, my website https://www.stavros.io/ is on Netlify. I especially like how they provide forms, lambdas and very easy testing by just pushing to another git branch. I don't see why anyone would use Github/Gi…

I love how Netlify allows you to use the benefits of static site technology (like distributed version control) while allowing for dynamic site functionality like forms. I looked at the documentation for forms https://www.netlify.com/docs/form-handling/#receiving-submis... and it looks very easy.

I can see how people would use Netlify over GitLab. By the way, in GitLab we allow you to test a branch with a review app. In fact for 11.5 we're planning to show you a direct link to the page that changes https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/33418 and someone contributed the option to make the static site that is generate with pages private https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/33422

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by gigatexal »

StavrosK wrote: post #37

I use Netlify for all my static sites and it's been amazing. All I have to do is push and they take care of everything else, I can't understate how much I love the product. If you want to check out a live deployment, my website https://www.stavros.io/ is on Netlify. I especially like how they provide forms, lambdas and very easy testing by just pushing to another git branch. I don't see why anyone would use Github/Gi…

Fantastic, quick website. Kudos. I'll be checking out Netlify, too.

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by chvid »

adamiscool8 wrote: post #77

Maybe I've just reached curmudgeon age, but how exactly is this an improvement on: FTP to server, upload files?

I suppose you get a cdn and easier configuration (?) of ssl.

Now the question is do I need a cdn to host my blog made of static files? No. But I will take it if it is free.

Re: Netlify raises $30M to replace webservers with Application Delivery Network

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Post by tootie »

StavrosK wrote: post #37

I use Netlify for all my static sites and it's been amazing. All I have to do is push and they take care of everything else, I can't understate how much I love the product. If you want to check out a live deployment, my website https://www.stavros.io/ is on Netlify. I especially like how they provide forms, lambdas and very easy testing by just pushing to another git branch. I don't see why anyone would use Github/Gi…

Is it all that different from hosting on S3 or Firebase or GitHub pages?
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