Comment by sillysaurus3
9 years ago
CloudFlare is getting rather large. I'd rather use a competitor. Does one exist?
EDIT: Some discussion on alternatives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11913330
9 years ago
CloudFlare is getting rather large. I'd rather use a competitor. Does one exist?
EDIT: Some discussion on alternatives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11913330
Just a simple NGINX server with Letsencrypt with images running through a orgin-pulling CDN like CDN77 should survive the HN effect without having to rely on thirdparties like CloudFlare. Especially when you have a CMS that has good caching or static HTML pages.
Netlify has been getting some love for free hosting for static sites like this blog post.
Why exactly do you want to go to a competitor? CloudFlare is fantastic and they have a lot of Free services
1. CEO is an ass.
2. Supports Booters, script kiddies, and pay-to-play blackhat hackers
3. Fucks over Tor any chance they can get.
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Proof for said allegations:
[Youtube video] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12575047 look for user:eastdakota page text:"Yes, you can see Brian's critique of us here:"
The exchange starts at https://youtu.be/wW5vJyI_HcU?t=45m17s
I'm not sure I see this from your perspective; multiple people in the crowd clap after your point "C", and much more clapping is heard when he sits down. If I were forced to classify the behavior (edit:specifically at 48:08) I would choose "smartass". The entire discussion is interesting in light of what happened recently with Uber/Kalanick.
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No matter how fantastic and benevolent a company is at the moment, they always need competition to keep them in check and on their toes.
Pretty much. I also dislike how they handled the CloudBleed fiasco and how the CEO tried to offload some of the blame onto Google (incorrectly). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13721644
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Why do we need competition in our society at all? /s
Fastly. Google sites.
Fastly does have a good reputation, but they are currently experiencing a global outage. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14654231