A Senior Developer working mostly with PHP and JavaScript, with a bit of Python thrown in for good measure, all on Linux. My tooling is simple, it's GitLab and JetBrains where possible.
I've lost count and track of the providers I have used over the years. At the moment my blog is hosted with Ghost, but I pay monthly so the cost higher than I could get hosting it myself.
I've previously used DigitalOcean, and am looking to move back to them again. Simply so I can have a playground to try new things quickly and easily. Spin up a quick droplet for an hour or so to check and test something and then destroy it, only being billed for usage to keep costs low. Ideal!
When I had a few projects in the past I used EasySpace and had a dedicated server. Their pre-built ones can be incredibly cheap because they are on slightly older hardware. My main issue with them is the endless amount of emails for renewals when you've opted out of auto-renewal, and told them you don't want the domain anymore. That and an inability to support special characters in email address passwords!
I tried moving to 1&1 a few years ago, but they had issues transferring in domains (for a hosting company, that's quite a major issue). Tried Fasthosts, but that was when I wanted to build a private cloud before they were common - they didn't support it (they do now for some products).
When I was first starting my career, I had several sites hosted with Unlimited Web Hosting because it was cheap and came with a domain name.
I've long since come to realise that if I want hosting, I want (demand) SSH access and full control over the server. I hate Plesk and cPanel - they just cause problems. I'll always pick something I have full control over, even for quick tests.
A Senior Developer working mostly with PHP and JavaScript, with a bit of Python thrown in for good measure, all on Linux. My tooling is simple, it's GitLab and JetBrains where possible.
I've lost count and track of the providers I have used over the years. At the moment my blog is hosted with Ghost, but I pay monthly so the cost higher than I could get hosting it myself.
I've previously used DigitalOcean, and am looking to move back to them again. Simply so I can have a playground to try new things quickly and easily. Spin up a quick droplet for an hour or so to check and test something and then destroy it, only being billed for usage to keep costs low. Ideal!
When I had a few projects in the past I used EasySpace and had a dedicated server. Their pre-built ones can be incredibly cheap because they are on slightly older hardware. My main issue with them is the endless amount of emails for renewals when you've opted out of auto-renewal, and told them you don't want the domain anymore. That and an inability to support special characters in email address passwords!
I tried moving to 1&1 a few years ago, but they had issues transferring in domains (for a hosting company, that's quite a major issue). Tried Fasthosts, but that was when I wanted to build a private cloud before they were common - they didn't support it (they do now for some products).
When I was first starting my career, I had several sites hosted with Unlimited Web Hosting because it was cheap and came with a domain name.
I've long since come to realise that if I want hosting, I want (demand) SSH access and full control over the server. I hate Plesk and cPanel - they just cause problems. I'll always pick something I have full control over, even for quick tests.
What service do you use to handle emails do you use g suite?
I've yet to find a good email host which doesn't charge the earth. Email hosting is often one of the reasons I look to change hosts.
I just use whatever email hosting is available with whoever manages my domain renewals
I've used Zoho for small projects where I don't want to shell out for G Suite.