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Website backup crippled by 1.6MB Friends GIF that was replicated 246,173 times, breaking Linux's EXT4 filesystem limit
By Mark Tyson published
A single reaction animation, frequently duplicated in chats by community members, added 377GB to a site's backup quota.

The web's infrastructure has a concentration problem, exposing us all to crushing outages
By Chris Stokel-Walker published
Premium First it was AWS. Then Azure went down – and with it, large chunks of the web, apps and services we use every day. Are hypescaler cloud providers a victim of their own success?

Best VPS Hosting Providers 2025: Virtual Private Servers Tested
By Avram Piltch last updated
We benchmarked the leading VPS plans to help you find the right one.

A2 Hosting VPS and Shared Hosting Review
By Avram Piltch, Christian Cawley published
We test A2 hosting's VPS and shared plans to see if they're worth the money.

Inmotion Hosting VPS and Shared Hosting Review
By Avram Piltch, Christian Cawley published
Inmotion Hosting provides a variety of VPS and shared hosting plans, suitable for various requirements and budgets. Unfortunately, our experience testing the VPS was particularly poor.

Liquid Web VPS Hosting Review: Very Fast
By Christian Cawley published
Among a wide collection of different hosting dynamics, Liquid Web’s Managed VPS stands out, with both a high price and superior performance over most competitors.

How to use SSH to connect to a Linux terminal on your web hosting service
By Avram Piltch published
Get to your hosting server's command prompt using SSH.

DreamHost Review: VPS and Shared Hosting Tested
By Christian Cawley published
We benchmarked a VPS and a shared hosting plan from DreamHost. This California-based provider covers the basics but has a lot of drawbacks.
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