DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding • Hacker News Board

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by babelfish » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #6

3pt14159 wrote: post #2

I love DigitalOcean to the point where I actually applied for a job there[0]. The UI is leagues better than AWS and there are really useful API endpoints to control common things. I've been a paying customer for something like 12 years and I've never had an issue. [0] They never got back to me, sadly.

I had a job interview with one of the founders. The whole process was, by far, the worst experience I ever had in my life, and a complete waste of my time. (I interviewed for maybe 25-30 jobs in my life overall).

same

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by matt-p » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC

One thing that's not super obvious, but is happening - 'AI' is increasing demand for 'normal' (e.g cpu) compute. People are building more apps because the cost of software has reduced, these need deploying somewhere. More commits == more CI runs, then there's then the 'agent' usage, things like openclaw instances etc. Just because they are expanding, it might not mean they're betting the house on more GPUs (though likely a part of it)

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by vishakha041 » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC

j45 wrote: post #5

Don't risk or trust DigitalOcean with production grade stuff, it disappears and doesn't get fixed and the support stops responding or escalating when their own information clearly outlines the gaps that have occurred in their systems.

Off late my experience has been that they are pushing more around UX and support but I am recent user.

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by cute_boi » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC

3pt14159 wrote: post #2

I love DigitalOcean to the point where I actually applied for a job there[0]. The UI is leagues better than AWS and there are really useful API endpoints to control common things. I've been a paying customer for something like 12 years and I've never had an issue. [0] They never got back to me, sadly.

Their interview process sucks. They expect PhD-level experience for basic cloud operations. And since they started outsourcing to Hyderabad, they’ve gotten even worse.

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by bombcar » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #6

3pt14159 wrote: post #2

I love DigitalOcean to the point where I actually applied for a job there[0]. The UI is leagues better than AWS and there are really useful API endpoints to control common things. I've been a paying customer for something like 12 years and I've never had an issue. [0] They never got back to me, sadly.

I had a job interview with one of the founders. The whole process was, by far, the worst experience I ever had in my life, and a complete waste of my time. (I interviewed for maybe 25-30 jobs in my life overall).

Worst job interview or worst experience overall?

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by znkynz » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

neko_ranger wrote: post #8

Just to share something positive, I've had a ttrss instance running forever on digitalocean in NY. I like them for side projects too. $ uptime 16:06:14 up 2802 days, 15:03, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 $ uname -a Linux myinstance 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.65-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I mean, who even needs a secure kernel.

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by lgl » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC

Long are the days of DO being a super hoster imho. Hetzner and many other "cheap" clouds ate their breakfast and their reaction was pretty much zero.

Still an awesome service and platform.. but no longer worth it price wise as it once was. Same with Vultr..

I guess at some point all investors just pressure these companies into price matching AWS and other pay-for-every-single-thing-ever companies.

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by lispisok » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC

When Colorado passed the wage disclosure law and Digital Ocean decided not to hire in Colorado anymore despite being founded in Colorado is when I decided to never use them. I dont care if they eventually started hiring people in Colorado again.

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by blastonico » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC

cute_boi wrote: post #14

3pt14159 wrote: post #2

I love DigitalOcean to the point where I actually applied for a job there[0]. The UI is leagues better than AWS and there are really useful API endpoints to control common things. I've been a paying customer for something like 12 years and I've never had an issue. [0] They never got back to me, sadly.

Their interview process sucks. They expect PhD-level experience for basic cloud operations. And since they started outsourcing to Hyderabad, they’ve gotten even worse.

Why has it gotten worse? are there more PhDs in Hyderabad?

Re: DigitalOcean Seeks $800M in Funding

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Post by par » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC

I've been a loyal digital ocean customer for years, I switched away from Linode way back when (for reasons I don't even remember.) I'm extremely happy with the DO service, so here's to hoping they don't screw it all up!!