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Ask HN: Where do you host your non-static sites?
I was triggered by the similar static site post currently on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13021722
Often clients insist on Wordpress or some other stack which means we cannot use static sites which we would normally prefer to do these days.
Sometimes we'll go as far as a full WPEngine install if the client doesn't mind paying. If the budget is tricky we'll run on a small DO box.
Curious to learn who everyone else is going to for non-static sites.
- tlack 10y agoI've had good luck with RamNode and Digital Ocean of late. Depends on traffic, requirements, etc. millions of factors
- mrmrcoleman 10y agoHadn't heard of RamNode, thanks. How's the network on DO? We've found it can be fairly slow. Also, what sort of stack are you typically running?
- tlack 10y agoI find DOs servers a bit slower than RamNode though I haven't done anything more than older informal tests. I still prefer DOs excellent admin panel. For quick hacks that are a mix of static and dynamic content, like publishing, I still think PHP has the biggest bang for the buck. It's almost always preinstalled and it's so open ended you can custom build a framework tuned specifically for your task. Plus it sucks so openly that you're not gonna spend 40 hours pre-engineering (most products flop anyway). Anything to release or collab on would be Node. So much momentum there. But for simple web stuff I don't see much advantage. For stuff that isn't online and is more number focused I like Q. After the tremendous learning curve and mind melting, it's a much better (and simpler!) conceptual model of data manipulation.
- rgacote 10y agoBeen using Linode for ages. Excellent performance and support. Typically Python (Django, Twisted, aiohttp).