Hacker News: panelicahttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=panelicaHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 01 May 2026 20:43:33 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by panelica in "Ask HN: What did your 'Show HN' project turn into?"]]>Our project, panelica.com, which we've been working on for two years, experienced a surge in visitors after security vulnerabilities were discovered in cPanel and CloudLinux.

]]>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:12:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973885panelicahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973885https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973885<![CDATA[Ask HN: Is there still an opportunity for an affordable CPanel alternative?]]>I’ve already built one—I’m not just considering it anymore. Now I’m looking for knowledgeable people who can test it and provide feedback.

I used to run a small web hosting business and still manage a few client accounts. About a year ago, I moved these accounts from a reseller to DigitalOcean and installed cPanel since that’s what my clients are used to.

However, I ended up paying more for the control panel license than for the actual servers—cPanel accounts for around 60% of the total cost, while the server is only 40%. That doesn’t make economic sense to me. I think I was shielded from this before because my previous hosting provider charged a flat monthly fee.

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