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I've wanted to use Scaleway as their prices seem way better than DigitalOcean/Vultr for larger/bare metal servers, but they just lack ... everything from their

I've wanted to use Scaleway as their prices seem way better than DigitalOcean/Vultr for larger/bare metal servers, but they just lack ... everything from their API. It's one of most poorly documented VM APIs I've ever seen. They also have no managed DNS! You've got to setup your own DNS servers! The server setup does seem tool though. Also, how did a Register link get through? I thought that site was banned on HN.

progval 7y ago
> Also, how did a Register link get through? I thought that site was banned on HN. What's the reason for it being banned?
mfontani 7y ago
> how did a Register link get through? I thought that site was banned on HN Oh deary me, why should that be? Just because the journos are snarky and sarcastic, or because it's pretending to be a red-top? ... or is it because it's mostly written in Perl?
- GordonS 7y ago
  I kind of agree with you, but also with the parent - because it's no longer pretending to be a red top. Very soon after El Reg was bought by the Daily Mail, there was a very noticeable change in the writing. It had always been snarky and sarcastic, but in amusing way - afterwards it was snarky and sarcastic, but in a kind of hateful, "fake outrage", unmistakable Daily Mail kind of way. I'd read El Reg almost every day for a decade before the Dailly Mail bought them, but I just couldn't stand it afterwards. A real shame.
  - diodesign 7y ago
    Hi, I work at El Reg. Just wanted to say we're not owned by the Daily Mail. I used to work for the Daily Mail Group, funnily enough, leaving in 2011 to join The Reg. But, anyway, no: El Reg isn't owned by the Daily Mail. It's the same four co-owners and the same independent publication. (If you haven't read us for a while, then please why not try us again. We're still snarky but I like to think our sarcasm and skepticism is precisely deployed as and when it's needed rather than as a scattergun. And above all, puns, jokes, and irreverence aside, we strive to be technical and correct.) C.
    - GordonS 7y ago
      Then... I appear to have had a very strange dream that somehow became my reality! I'll give it another try, as long as the BOFH is still around, obv.
- na85 7y ago
  What's a red-top in this context?
  - mfontani 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism#Red_tops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism#Red_tops
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cynicalreason 7y ago
I love Scaleway, I constantly have at least 2 instances that I use for personal experimentation and learning ( I went up to 7 when playing around with mesos/consul/marathon ) and I helped a business massively reduce their costs ( by like 90%) by migrating from GoDaddy to self managed Scaleway.
papaf 7y ago
It's one of most poorly documented VM APIs I've ever seen. I have never had problems with the API. Is this documentation missing something? https://developers.scaleway.com/en/products/instance/api/ https://developers.scaleway.com/en/products/instance/api/ There is also a scaleway cli that has also not given me any problems: https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli
karambahh 7y ago
Scaleway DNS API is currently in early access. GA in a couple months. During the event mentioned in ElReg, the keynote listed about 90-100 new features/products scheduled between now & early next year, amongst them DNS apis ;)

progval 7y ago

> Also, how did a Register link get through? I thought that site was banned on HN. What's the reason for it being banned?

mfontani 7y ago

> how did a Register link get through? I thought that site was banned on HN Oh deary me, why should that be? Just because the journos are snarky and sarcastic, or because it's pretending to be a red-top? ... or is it because it's mostly written in Perl?

GordonS 7y ago
I kind of agree with you, but also with the parent - because it's no longer pretending to be a red top. Very soon after El Reg was bought by the Daily Mail, there was a very noticeable change in the writing. It had always been snarky and sarcastic, but in amusing way - afterwards it was snarky and sarcastic, but in a kind of hateful, "fake outrage", unmistakable Daily Mail kind of way. I'd read El Reg almost every day for a decade before the Dailly Mail bought them, but I just couldn't stand it afterwards. A real shame.
- diodesign 7y ago
  Hi, I work at El Reg. Just wanted to say we're not owned by the Daily Mail. I used to work for the Daily Mail Group, funnily enough, leaving in 2011 to join The Reg. But, anyway, no: El Reg isn't owned by the Daily Mail. It's the same four co-owners and the same independent publication. (If you haven't read us for a while, then please why not try us again. We're still snarky but I like to think our sarcasm and skepticism is precisely deployed as and when it's needed rather than as a scattergun. And above all, puns, jokes, and irreverence aside, we strive to be technical and correct.) C.
  - GordonS 7y ago
    Then... I appear to have had a very strange dream that somehow became my reality! I'll give it another try, as long as the BOFH is still around, obv.
na85 7y ago
What's a red-top in this context?
- mfontani 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism#Red_tops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism#Red_tops
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]

cynicalreason 7y ago

I love Scaleway, I constantly have at least 2 instances that I use for personal experimentation and learning ( I went up to 7 when playing around with mesos/consul/marathon ) and I helped a business massively reduce their costs ( by like 90%) by migrating from GoDaddy to self managed Scaleway.

papaf 7y ago

It's one of most poorly documented VM APIs I've ever seen. I have never had problems with the API. Is this documentation missing something? https://developers.scaleway.com/en/products/instance/api/ https://developers.scaleway.com/en/products/instance/api/ There is also a scaleway cli that has also not given me any problems: https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli https://github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli

karambahh 7y ago

Scaleway DNS API is currently in early access. GA in a couple months. During the event mentioned in ElReg, the keynote listed about 90-100 new features/products scheduled between now & early next year, amongst them DNS apis ;)