GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014 • Hacker News Board

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by tim333 » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:32 PM UTC

collyw wrote: post #17

Ricapar wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. Most people cringe at using GoDaddy as a registrar. Using them for hosting your site? Double-cringe.

Ok, naive question, what would make one registrar better or worse than another. They all do the same thing, no?

I transferred a domain from Godaddy to Namecheap last week. 33% cheaper and don't charge extra to keep my home address private.

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by drivingmissm » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:33 PM UTC

collyw wrote: post #17

Ricapar wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. Most people cringe at using GoDaddy as a registrar. Using them for hosting your site? Double-cringe.

Ok, naive question, what would make one registrar better or worse than another. They all do the same thing, no?

GoDaddy actively pushed terrible SOPA legislation http://godaddyboycott.org/

Their past ad campaigns have been very trashy and sexist as well.

Their pricing is higher than other registrars, unless you play their discount/coupon games.

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by seancoleman » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

MartinCron wrote: post #29

seancoleman wrote: post #25

Hi everyone, Product Manager from GoDaddy here. A lot of you have made the correct assumption. We simply host very few Ruby sites. We are radically improving our hosting, and with all the great offerings like Heroku (kicks ass) it doesn't make much sense to continue to invest in what will be a less than great user experience for Ruby developers. I'm happy to answer any more questions here!

While I'm not a GoDaddy fan by any stretch, I think it's pretty cool that you're stepping up here to answer questions.

Thanks! I joined GoDaddy 6 months ago, and although 7 months ago I would have laughed if you told me I would be working at GoDaddy, the company is undergoing a remarkable transition with new leadership. We are becoming hyper customer focused and making our products world class.

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by seancoleman » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:37 PM UTC

MartinCron wrote: post #2

Maybe this is just broad stereotype, but I don't see a huge overlap in "Ruby people" and "GoDaddy people"

I'm a PM at GoDaddy and can verify that the number of Ruby sites we host is extremely low. There are a lot of great Ruby offerings (Heroku kicks ass) so we are focusing resources to be really great at fewer things.

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by vinhboy » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

seancoleman wrote: post #25

Hi everyone, Product Manager from GoDaddy here. A lot of you have made the correct assumption. We simply host very few Ruby sites. We are radically improving our hosting, and with all the great offerings like Heroku (kicks ass) it doesn't make much sense to continue to invest in what will be a less than great user experience for Ruby developers. I'm happy to answer any more questions here!

Can you make the login popup on your website compatible with chrome password autofill? It used to be, but the new popup login thing broke it.

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by callmeed » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

seancoleman wrote: post #25

Hi everyone, Product Manager from GoDaddy here. A lot of you have made the correct assumption. We simply host very few Ruby sites. We are radically improving our hosting, and with all the great offerings like Heroku (kicks ass) it doesn't make much sense to continue to invest in what will be a less than great user experience for Ruby developers. I'm happy to answer any more questions here!

I assume this doesn't affect MediaTemple accounts at all?

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by callmeed » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:43 PM UTC

Ricapar wrote: post #5

MartinCron wrote: post #2

Maybe this is just broad stereotype, but I don't see a huge overlap in "Ruby people" and "GoDaddy people"

My thoughts exactly. Most people cringe at using GoDaddy as a registrar. Using them for hosting your site? Double-cringe.

I'm a Rails dev and use GD for all my domains and most of my SSL certs. The service and UI has actually improved drastically in the past months.

But, yeah, I wouldn't use them for hosting anything.

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by johnward » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:44 PM UTC

It seems like a lot of the ruby community would use PAaS solutions. Even if they wanted to run their own server It's highly unlikely that they would be using a shared godaddy server. Not really that big of a deal.

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by staticshock » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

collyw wrote: post #17

Ricapar wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. Most people cringe at using GoDaddy as a registrar. Using them for hosting your site? Double-cringe.

Ok, naive question, what would make one registrar better or worse than another. They all do the same thing, no?

GoDaddy supported SOPA, their advertising campaigns are notoriously sexist, their CEO once posted a "white man's burden" video of him "saving some poor Africans" by killing an elephant, and they're constantly in the news for sleazy anti-consumer business tactics that add up to an awful, socially irresponsible corporation.

They've since recanted their SOPA support, but I think it'll take more than a calculated business move to regain any consumer trust. Personally, I'd advise being familiar with the organizations that have ever supported SOPA, and cutting ties with them for any future endeavors:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_with_offi...

Here are some previous mentions of GoDaddy/SOPA on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3381822 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3393477

Re: GoDaddy ends support for Ruby as of 23/01/2014

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Post by seancoleman » Fri, Jan 10, 2014, 4:46 PM UTC

vinhboy wrote: post #35

seancoleman wrote: post #25

Hi everyone, Product Manager from GoDaddy here. A lot of you have made the correct assumption. We simply host very few Ruby sites. We are radically improving our hosting, and with all the great offerings like Heroku (kicks ass) it doesn't make much sense to continue to invest in what will be a less than great user experience for Ruby developers. I'm happy to answer any more questions here!

Can you make the login popup on your website compatible with chrome password autofill? It used to be, but the new popup login thing broke it.

That's too bad, sorry that broke. I'll get it over to the right team. We're launching a dramatically improved front of site experience soon so it might be fixed in that release.