Hacker News: esher

New comment by esher in "FreeDNS"

esher — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:21:28 +0000

I am a free tier sucker. I use it for testing DNS setups with our hosting platform. But I love it. Maybe some exposure helps to bring some paying customers.

FreeDNS

esher — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:20:01 +0000

Article URL: https://freedns.afraid.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50222133

Points: 295

# Comments: 79

New comment by esher in "Impolite websites practices, number 5 will shock you"

esher — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:58:09 +0000

I hope HN people get that the title is a joke.

Impolite websites practices, number 5 will shock you

esher — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:51:30 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.fortrabbit.com/impolite-websites

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069173

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by esher in "Incident with Actions, Pull Requests and Issues"

esher — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:35:59 +0000

I am using Linear. Some component in Linear showed me the warning. I went to a GitHub PR, there was no warning. Hm.

New comment by esher in "Incident with Actions, Pull Requests and Issues"

esher — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:32:52 +0000

Oh again?

Tell HN: OVH price increase for dedicated servers

esher — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:28:17 +0000

Since October 1 the OVH price increase also applies to running dedicated servers, at next renewal. A Reddit user posted that their two servers went up 54% in 11 months, no grandfathering.

OVH's own post: an Advance-1 Gen 2024 renews at $114.99 instead of $89.99 (+28%). RAM options on new orders are up 68% to 652%, the Game range up to 87%. The stated reason is DDR5 costing six times what it did a year ago.

Hetzner did the same in February and June, both threads had 500+ points here.

I run a small PHP hosting company, so I am biased. But I wonder: Who here still runs OVH or Hetzner dedicated boxes?

Sources:

https://blog.ovhcloud.com/en/posts/dedicated-servers-pricing-update-h2-2026/

https://itdaily.com/news/cloud/ovhcloud-price-increase-ram/

https://www.reddit.com/r/webhosting/comments/1wvfu5i

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120145

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48540844

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49931175

Points: 12

# Comments: 6

New comment by esher in "Ask HN: Are .shop domains down?"

esher — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:14:08 +0000

Seems to be back.

Ask HN: Are .shop domains down?

esher — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:59:22 +0000

Anyone else seeing this? Or am I missing something obvious? A client asked in support. AI is very confident about it. Looks legit.

apple.shop, pokemon.shop ...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49833541

Points: 6

# Comments: 8

New comment by esher in "Unreal Agent"

esher — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:32:53 +0000

I liked the 3D effects on the homepage of unreal labs https://unreallabs.ai/ - so I was sure it's related to 3D engine makers, and of course great idea to have an agent for that too.

TUI Design Patterns

esher — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:30:10 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.fortrabbit.com/tui-design-patterns

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49695086

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by esher in "PHP is Dead (and AI is to blame)"

esher — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:41:36 +0000

My professional life depends on PHP being alive (small hosting company). So I just have to comment and I am totally biased.

1st, of course good title for HN. But the article is indeed nuanced.

Sometimes lately, people announce to me, that they have built a SaaS App (vibe coded). When inquiring about the stack, they may not even now. It ends up to be what the AI thought will "get the job done" (Thanks for linking the response by Beberlei!). Indeed, AI seems to prefer Python and JS. That's concerning for PHP.

Yet. What I like about PHP is the simplicity. The backend can spit out HTML and it's server side rendered. When I compare that with all the setup that is required in JS to make that work - I think there is some space for this boring tech.