How about hosting though?
I'm a huge fan of WebFaction
Ask HN: Where do you register your domains?
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#42How about hosting though?
heroku, pagodabox, dreamhost, s3, linode and digital ocean. Each host has their own pros and cons. (Dreamhost for example is slow but they manage everything.) I stay away from rackspace due to issues I've had with them but when they've worked they've worked well.
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#43Mine's with Hetzner.de, same guys as I host my dedicated server on.
I remember them as being expensive. I would like to hear your reasons to choose them?
look at the stats on this one and tell me if it is expensive? http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex40ssd
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#44When I was researching registrars, it was right after SOPA and I was ditching GoDaddy, plus GoDaddy had had at the time several high profile security breaches that had led to loss of business for various customers. Even recently GoDaddy's lax security led to the loss of a high profile Twitter account.
DreamHost, because they coordinate well with their customers and resist automated/troll take-downs, plus their business practices have been honest and transparent.
Namecheap at the time of SOPA did not have customer favoring policies regarding DMCA allegations or otherwise.
I've also used 1&1, but 1&1 does not give full DNS control (custom records, etc.). 1&1 also has really shady practices of silently adding more expensive features to your account if you don't opt-out within 30 days of being notified (hey, we're going to convert your 1$/mo email to 40$/mo Microsoft Exchange, cool?).
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#45Personally, I've been moving my domains to EasyDNS for their strong support of privacy, security, encryption, due process, etc. Scan through these blog posts and see if you don't agree: http://blog.easydns.org/author/markjr/
In particular, check out some of the features they offer: http://blog.easydns.org/2013/11/25/10-amazingly-useful-thing...
Re: Ask HN: Where do you register your domains?
#46http://Joker.com for 10+ years. I they're based in Germany.
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#47namecheap.com
Exotics, such as C.GG at blacknight.com
Useful:
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#48At Hover: http://hover.com/dougs
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#49How about hosting though?
Absolutely definitely WebFaction for small or entry projects.
If you grow larger I'd go with SoftLayer, not the cheapest option but I've found them to be very professional and reliable.
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#50namecheap for both registration and hosting. They have been easy to work with for hosting as someone going through the journey of learning web development on their own. I know I asked 2 or 3 'stupid' questions early on about deployment and they helped out without charging me any extra.