Why I Left Linode/Akamai After 10 Years

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[TomNook.]

And this is why AWS is getting bigger and bigger despite having worse docs and costs than smaller cloud providers. Cross transferrable skills, code, processes etc

[StreamwaveProduction]

I used to watch you 10 years ago when I was in college. I thought I wanted to be a programmer until I saw the writing on the wall in the industry in 2016. I just rediscovered your channel and can't believe you're still making content. Thank you for all the content hope you're doing well Chris.

[guseynismayylov]

why no Digital Ocean, they got super nice user interface. I would never use AWS just because of horrible UI/UX.

[bobDotJS]

I'm with Chris here. Everyone uses AWS, just get on the boat and your career will thank you.

[hanes]

So far I've been quite happy with the Akamai take over of Linode. I think however, it was a downer for Hobby/small users.. but for small-mid organisations I find it to be better. Way more locations and nodes now and still good price compared to AWS when you count things like anti-ddos systems etc.

[Soulthym]

If you want disk space you can just mount a volume to your linode? It's the second option on the side menu, just below "Linodes"
Sure they arent cheap, but its not doubling everything including the cost. 1$/month gets you 10gb.

[io_inc]

I really can't afford AWS and the learning curve is steep with AWS

[overholted]

We've been having issues with Akamai the last year. Servers seem to require "emergency maintenance" a lot, and they are sometimes down for a day or three. I'm looking to move to something else, but I left AWS for Linode. I don't want to go back. I'm not feeling Google Cloud either. IDK, I've considered bringing everything in house, but we don't have the manpower to handle everything we need. It seems like there really are no great options. And yes, documentation is a huge reason to choose a provider. AWS is a mess. Linode was a bit better IMO, and the community wrote great tutorials. I feel like since Akamai the service and community are on the decline.

[remy]

AWS is the wrong choice for most small teams, especially teams of one, and especially if you value your time. Most of it is overkill anyway. Simple VPS instances (whatever the provider is), is the way to go.

[LukeAvedon]

Man I wish I could use Lenode and not IIS running Windows Server 2019 on Azure.