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Re:Ask HN: Best Web Hosting Options in 2014? by toomuchtodo on Saturday November 22, 2014 @01:28AM (#8644966)
> I have moved some of them onto a simple VPS with DO for now but would like a better long term solution (i.e something managed).

> The main problem I am having at this point is that given they are NGOs money is a big issue and finding something that would work with their price range and isn't at the Godaddy level is proving to be a bit of a challenge.

These statements contradict each other. If money is an issue, you're going to have a hard time finding someone to manage an environment that small.

S3 + Jekyll are out if you need SSL. Have you thought about Docker containers on Digital Ocean with Cloudflare in front of the site (free tier comes with SNI SSL)?

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Re:Ask HN: Best Web Hosting Options in 2014? by hackertoolbox on Saturday November 22, 2014 @04:34PM (#8646727)
> S3 + Jekyll are out if you need SSL.

Isn't this possible with cloudfront?

https://www.google.com/search?q=s3+website+sshl&ie=utf-8&oe=...

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Re:Ask HN: Best Web Hosting Options in 2014? by mhoad on Saturday November 22, 2014 @11:42AM (#8645910)
I'd like to be able to hand the project off at some point and fear that much beyond a basic hosting setup will really limit their options in the future due to too much perceived complexity.
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