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Re: DigitalOcean Raises $83M in Series B Funding

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Post by mpdehaan2 » Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 3:03 PM UTC

astrodust wrote: post #138

mpdehaan2 wrote: post #98

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Linode is good and simple if you have a not too large amount of nodes or complex need for extra bits, and I appreciate them for that. I didn't really need anything shinier. Is it super-cloudy? Not so much, but also nice that you don't have to think about it.

Why do people think "well designed" translates to superficial and pointless? Yes, sometimes this is the case, but when you have pride in your work you'll want to present it in the best possible light. Would you rather eat in a restaurant where all the chairs are creaky, where the tables are wobbly, and where the wait staff is doing their best to get by with broken equipment, or would you instead visit down the street…

I'm not sure if I am meant to be "people", but I certaintly don't think that design is superificial, but rather I think Linode is designed fine, and just works, and doesn't really need changes.

Re: DigitalOcean Raises $83M in Series B Funding

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Post by cookiecaper » Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 6:05 PM UTC

Mahn wrote: post #63

astrodust wrote: post #44

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For all the money Linode has on hand, and the size of their technical team, it's absolutely insulting they haven't made any tangible improvement to their management front-end in at least five years, if not more. The way it's behaving it's as if it was acquired and kept on life-support.

For what is worth, I've been a Linode customer for a few years and never really felt their management front-end was in urgent need of an update. It's solid and does the job for us. My only complains to be honest are 1) the lack of storage dedicated nodes, as OP points out, and 2) the price, it gets very expensive very fast as you scale and spin more nodes. We are currently considering moving to dedicated machines but…

Same here, moving to a dedicated server from a Linode this week. For slightly under 2x the monthly cost I'm paying at Linode, I can get a dedicated server with 8x the memory, infinity more transfer on the same size pipe (unmetered 100Mbps connection), 20x more disk space, and 2x the CPU, and all dedicated so no worries about phantom performance problems related to other tenants. Lish &c are a big plus for virtualized nodes, but I think I'll live without it.

Re: DigitalOcean Raises $83M in Series B Funding

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Post by rayalez » Tue, Jul 14, 2015, 9:01 AM UTC

I love DO.

I'm a novice/intermediate programmer, and when I knew nothing about what VPS even was I started using Linode(due to many great recommendations).

Linode is a great service, but recently I've switched to DO and I like it so much more. As a person who just needs a simple and straightforward way to put several django projects online - DO offers me a simple and beautiful interface, cheaper prices, and a lot of great and extremely useful tutorials.

It is much nicer to use and a droplet price starts from $5/mo, which is freakin' awesome, and all I need from VPS service at this point.

Thank you guys, you are great, keep it up!

Re: DigitalOcean Raises $83M in Series B Funding

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Post by worklogin » Tue, Jul 14, 2015, 8:55 PM UTC

alberth wrote: post #46

Has anyone used Vultr.com? I ask because they have all the same features as DO + way more (e.g. dedicated hosting w/ same great panel, BYO ISO, etc).

Their ANTISPAM policy is draconian, but I like their interface. I like that root passwords are in the web interface instead of going through email. Finally, their presence in more datacenters is useful for someone in the middle of the country.