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I've noticed that the folks who aren't so attentive to product / market fit and other items (customer ergonomics maybe?) tend not to really see what they are mi
by random5634 6y ago
I've noticed that the folks who aren't so attentive to product / market fit and other items (customer ergonomics maybe?) tend not to really see what they are missing, what's different about the "other" guy that means they are in some ways cleaning up. I wonder if that describes linode a bit.
Security:
One issue early on for Linode was just abysmal security despite claims. Lots of denial and lack of transparency too which was even worse. For a biz focused offering that was just a no go.
Even 8 year ago there was stuff with the bitcoin hacks? Do folks remember any of this?
They might have been using cold fusion or something because they got hacked again I think just like a year later?
These weren't just little corner case hacks / issues - but major with plenty of denial and obfuscation from linode.
There was this hack here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10845170 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10845170
I'm sure I'm missing others (unsecured mysql databases etc?).
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Anyways, at least in my world linode was actually seen as the cheap/crappy offering even though they actually cost more which was weird. But I def told folks to stay away just because of the repeated lack of care around security.
I had no idea DO was at 350M+ ARR - nice job by them - wow!