Re:Ask HN: Looking for a simple web hosting solution
by jwxz on Thursday April 16, 2020 @09:34AM
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Have you tried digitalocean?
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Re:Ask HN: Looking for a simple web hosting solution
by dataduck on Thursday April 16, 2020 @12:54PM
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I'm considering them, but it's not obvious from their sales copy if the service they're providing is simple (upload files; start server from bash), or if they've got some complicated tooling that I'd need to use before anything actually works. They don't have a free trial account to just spin it up and see, so I wanted to be sure.
Would you recommend them?
Re:Ask HN: Looking for a simple web hosting solution
by jwxz on Thursday April 16, 2020 @02:58PM
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> upload files; start server from bash
That's pretty much it. They give you a server you can do whatever you want with.
The 'droplets' are billed by the hour so you could try it for a few pennies. I don't think you even need to spend any of your own money. I've seen referrals that give you credit for signing up.
> Would you recommend them?
I would. The only thing you should watch out for is not going over your bandwidth limit, which only applies to outbound traffic.