Dply
Infrastructure
temporary cloud servers
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
28 positive, 43 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 28 critical, out of 102 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 14 for, 9 againstExecution: 7 for, 5 againstPricing: 3 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful concept for quick server testing and demos
From 3 comments
Very nice project, a lot of times I wished there was something to start a server for a quick ssh/ping/traceroute/debug from outside my network. Well done! A few security aspects…
emilburzo on HNNice service! I could see this being really useful for web scraping or for offloading compilation. (Or any relatively short computation, really.) I caught a bit of an awkward…
ovao on HNthis is awesome! great work.
debt on HN
Button feature for trying open source projects
From 1 comment
Yup. The way Dply works makes it a bad value prop for abusers. It's also not the best option for someone who would be better served going with DO directly or running a permanent…
OwainX on HN
Objections
Abuse risk from free anonymous servers, including spam and Bitcoin payments
From 3 comments
I've seen a number of services just like this that come and go because of the persistent abuse problems this kind of thing attracts. Perhaps using github for authentication will…
jcrawfordor on HNYou should disable bitcoin somehow, or this will end very, very badly for you.
wheelerwj on HNI am not really sure how this works exactly but since they are receiving my email and ssh keys from GitHub, can't they simply use it for malicious purpose?
nik736 on HN
Security issues found in action endpoints and error stacktraces
From 1 comment
Very nice project, a lot of times I wished there was something to start a server for a quick ssh/ping/traceroute/debug from outside my network. Well done! A few security aspects…
emilburzo on HN
Long-term hosting is more expensive than cheap VPS options
From 1 comment
If like me you are wondering about the prices, I finally found the FAQ (link in small font at the bottom of the page) and there is the relevant information: ``` 2 Days: $2 1…
p4bl0 on HN
Requests
Ability to destroy or expire servers early
From 1 comment
Is it possible to destroy a server before it's time is up? What if I made a server, but now want to try out a different one without waiting 2 hours.
Ivoah on HN
FreeBSD and other OS support
From 1 comment
Do you support freeBSD?
throwaway123dse on HN
Clearer server name field
From 1 comment
I kept on getting the "Server name must be etc.". Took me a while to realise that there's a server name field at the top of the page. Maybe make it look like the other fields?
AndrewVos on HN
Questions
Is the business model sustainable?
From 2 comments
This is a project I've been working on for a while. Dply allows you to quickly create a temporary cloud server (1CPU/512MB RAM/20GB SSD) for free. You can have one free server…
OwainX on HNThis initial release is designed to test two things. 1.) Our abuse processes. The goal in this area is to both be very strict in preventing abuse while trying to do so with as…
OwainX on HN
Alternatives named
CircleCI rebuild with SSH
From 1 comment
CircleCI gives you 30 minutes of playtime on a 32 cores, 60GB RAM VM. All you have to do is log in with GitHub, start a build of any of your public repo & click "Rebuild with…
fenollp on HN
Heroku, GAE for hosting
From 1 comment
I am not sure what's the use case for this. For deployment of small web apps, you have heroku, GAE and now, all of which offer "permanent" hosting.
paradite on HN
Cheap OpenVZ VPS providers
From 1 comment
If like me you are wondering about the prices, I finally found the FAQ (link in small font at the bottom of the page) and there is the relevant information: ``` 2 Days: $2 1…
p4bl0 on HN