Chart of Y Combinator companies' hosting decisions, 2011 edition

Post by switz » Tue, Jan 17, 2012, 12:14 PM UTC

xxqs wrote: post #8

latch wrote: post #4

Mind blown that: -Some ~40% (stupid pie chart) don't have an SSL cert, but almost all have login/registration page (4 out of 4 that I randomly picked had a login/registration page) -So many people use GoDaddy as a registrar (they were horrible before SOPA) -That startups use AWS despite its poor cost/performance

what's horrible about GoDaddy? I used them for domain registration and DNS hosting, and everything went smoothly. The only annoying part, is how they try to sell additional goodies along the domain registration. the front page ladies weren't too much of disturbance either :)

Post by whyleyc » Tue, Jan 17, 2012, 12:16 PM UTC

xxqs wrote: post #8

latch wrote: post #4

Mind blown that: -Some ~40% (stupid pie chart) don't have an SSL cert, but almost all have login/registration page (4 out of 4 that I randomly picked had a login/registration page) -So many people use GoDaddy as a registrar (they were horrible before SOPA) -That startups use AWS despite its poor cost/performance

what's horrible about GoDaddy? I used them for domain registration and DNS hosting, and everything went smoothly. The only annoying part, is how they try to sell additional goodies along the domain registration. the front page ladies weren't too much of disturbance either :)

Post by xxqs » Tue, Jan 17, 2012, 12:26 PM UTC

switz wrote: post #12

xxqs wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what's horrible about GoDaddy? I used them for domain registration and DNS hosting, and everything went smoothly. The only annoying part, is how they try to sell additional goodies along the domain registration. the front page ladies weren't too much of disturbance either :)

Seriously? Aside from all of the normal things that are wrong with GoDaddy, where have you been for the past few weeks?

Post by jf » Tue, Jan 17, 2012, 12:40 PM UTC

reinhardt wrote: post #11

Interesting stats; any chance to get data about the rest of the stack (web server, db, framework, etc)?

Post by whyleyc » Tue, Jan 17, 2012, 12:42 PM UTC

xxqs wrote: post #15

whyleyc wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he's referring to their recent support for SOPA: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3383564

the parent comment refers to them being horrible before SOPA