#which to be clear: absolutely not complaining this is the ideal setup for me

[gibbearish]

ive always wondered how other blogs with multiple mods work bc like ive seen ppl talk abt having discord servers and stuff to coordinate posts and im just here like 99% sure the other mod on ours doesnt even know my current url

[prismatoxic]

So like,why do you ship Laios and Chillchuck? This isn't anon hate it's just a ship i never really thought about and now I'm curios and I like hearing people rant about their blorbos

for many reasons! but let's start at the beginning, shall we?

i didn't know dungeon meshi existed until early february. i'd seen some media for it in the past, but didn't know any of it was related nor was i interested enough to dig further.

the very first fanart i ever saw for dungeon meshi was this one (it was on a different site though):

i didn't know who the characters were, but the dynamic spoke to me. it reminded me of two of my partner's OCs that we've been shipping together for nearly ten years: a big buff blonde guy who loves animals and seems stupid but is just socially stunted, and a short aggressive rogue with reddish hair and brown eyes who doesn't take other people's shit and is damn good at what he does. yes, it's that specific. these are them:

even without that foundation to work on, though, chilaios interested me. i love size differences and i love ships between nice guys and angry guys. that said, i mostly put it out of mind after nick's first fanart, but it posted some more not too long later which got me thinking about it again...

and by then more people were talking about dunmeshi because the anime was getting underway. i spotted chilchuck and laios in posts about the series and realized that was where they were from, and that there was an anime, as well as a manga. that was all i knew, but their dynamic was intriguing me more and more, so i told my partner about it and said chilchuck and laios reminded me of harry and jeffrey and showed him some of the fanart. neither of us tend to start new media very often (i'm significantly worse about it, it takes a lot to get me to try), but eventually i looked into the series and found that the anime was brand new (5 episodes at the time) and the manga was completed. both of those facts were ideal for trying to get into it.

we didn't start watching until the week episode 9 came out, not for lack of interest but because there just wasn't really any incentive to get a move on. by then we'd both recognized that we'd be insane about chilchuck in particular, because we love his character type and he's very, very cute. and we were right! you could practically hear the canned audience applause when he showed up onscreen the first time.

we didn't watch all 8 episodes in one sitting, but we did watch several of them, and i think it was clear to us both that chilchuck and laios absolutely had a fun dynamic. eventually we'd go on to read the entire manga, and we're fully caught up on the anime, watching the new episodes every thursday.

the basic thing i like about their sort of setup is the way laios respects chilchuck and never doubts their relationship, while chilchuck is frequently aggressive and critical but staunchly sticks around and keeps helping anyway. it says a lot about them as friends: laios isn't worried that chilchuck actually hates him, and chilchuck's actions speak louder than his words, always staying and doing the best he can even if he complains. he wants what's best for laios, even if he never says it, and laios trusts him completely.

i love that chilchuck cares even if he pretends he doesn't, and i love that laios has utmost faith in him. i love the little intricacies of their individual backstories and the ways they compare and contrast. i love the way their personalities collide, independent of their existing relationship (as in, i'd ship them even if they interacted less). i love their size difference. i love them individually, as really well-written and fascinating characters, and i love thinking of new ways to pair them together and seeing what everyone else does with them. i love chilaios!!!! it makes me very happy and they are a perfect ship for me.

look at that. goddamn. the way the shot lingers. the way laios grips his hand. 10/10 effervescent would ship again

[webdesignersolutions]

Hi Reddit,

I’m in need of some advice.

Please note this is a wall of text, and in many ways, it’s just me thinking out loud. Please keep this in mind, I’d love any feedback at all.

Quick Background

So recently I’ve gone out on my own and I’m making websites for small businesses. I’m using WordPress, so typically I’ll build a site for them and then host it ongoing (via a reseller plan), and provide support etc as required.

Additionally, I also resell hosting to randoms that are happy to look after themselves. I’m using cPanel/WHM with WHMCS.

Overall things are going pretty well in terms of business. I have a number of clients with more coming each month.

But I’ve got some nagging thoughts in the back of my head…

You see, I have a reseller account with a large company. They have a reputation for being corporate juggernauts who don’t give a shit. It’s really easy to find people bagging them all over the internet. Complaints range from full-on “scams” to the usual poor performance, websites easily hacked, etc.

Prior to this business adventure, I’ve had a website with them for a few years and have never had any issues. Always great customer service and technical support. Performance is sometimes a minor issue but never enough to enrage me.

This has continued into my current reselling adventures. In my experience, everything is fine so far in terms of service etc from this company. The only thing is that I’m conflicted about is website performance.

It’s nothing absolutely disgusting, and certainly, none of my clients have complained about it. Though it’s something I’m mindful of as my business grows.

I’m well aware that I’m essentially reselling (probably) overcrowded shared hosting and I don’t really feel good about it.

I’m basically worried that, in the long term, my hosting service just isn’t going to cut it.

Here’s the Part Where You Give Me Advice

Just to be clear, right now things aren’t bad. I just want a clear idea in my head when thinking about the future as my business grows and more clients come on board.

I’m wanting to think about this now, and get it sorted early, rather than putting it off. I don’t want to wake up later down the line, as more and more clients come on board, and suddenly the idea of moving services becomes a bastard of a job (and with much higher risk).

I’m basically looking to future proof my business via good planning. My primary concern is poor server performance as my business grows.

With this in mind, it seems like basically, I have 4 options.

Option One

I could continue as I am now, and when required I could switch to a VPS server with the same provider as I currently use.

All of my clients get transferred to the new VPS server, and I continue as normal.

Pros:

This is the obvious and easy path. I think the host handles the transfer of all cPanel accounts from shared server to the VPS when I upgrade. I would expect this to be “safe” in terms of minimal downtime etc.

Familiarity. I’m familiar with this already (in terms of cPanel/WHM/WHMCS). I know that simple things, such as being able to provide webmail for clients, will be all good.

Cons:

I’m not really sure how having a VPS would improve performance (if at all). I don’t have much real-world developer/webmaster experience – I’m just a humble self-taught bloke.

Option Two

I move to something like AWS (Lightsail?), Google Cloud or DigitalOcean. I would essentially set up a new account and transfer my clients over (even if it were just one at a time over time) and scale the droplet (or create new) as needed.

Pros:

This is much more appealing because I know that performance would be a thousand times better then what I’m currently using.

It seems the most logical future-proof choice.

Cons:

Firstly, I’m not even really sure if this is possible. I have literally zero experience with any cloud computing/droplets.

Probably a lot more technically involved than option one. Likely above my current skill/knowledge level (but I learn well).

There are a lot of unknowns due to my large knowledge gaps. For example, how “safe” is it to run multiple cPanel accounts in one droplet? Is it possible to jail accounts to make them independent of each other? How does webmail work in these situations? I assume I have to purchase cPanel/WHM/WHMCS licenses (currently free from my reseller plan) – that’s fine, but does having cPanel mean my clients will have webmail services?

Probably most importantly, how realistic is it for a self-taught random like me to manage something like a DigitalOcean droplet without fucking up bad and running a bunch of local businesses (ie, my clients).

Option Tree

Basically a combination of 1 and 2 above. So for example, I could use a standard reseller plan to resell to random DIY people. However, the clients that pay me to build and manage their website, I could possibly put them on a DigitalOcean droplet for performance purposes.

Option Four

Move my entire reseller account to another provider. Choose a new provider which has more focus on performance (or basically just has a much better reputation within the industry).

Pros:

Receive better performance (probably?) without scary changes.

Familiarity; this would most likely be identical to my current setup.

Gives the opportunity to pick a provider that has servers that are closer, physically, to my market location.

Conclusion

I think that my ideal setup would be basically what I have right now, which is cPanel/WHM/WHMCS and all the associated stuff (webmail and so on) but all on a scalable cloud service like DigitalOcean.

The problem is that I have no idea how feasible this is.

A close followup would be my current setup but with a provider that has a better reputation in the industry, has more focus on performance, and has servers physically closer to me.

Having said this, I’m pretty open to trying a VPS with my current provider too.

I’d love to hear any opinions from anyone with suitable experience.

Thanks so much!

Submitted April 13, 2018 at 03:58AM by Sykocis https://www.reddit.com/r/webhosting/comments/8by9xo/need_advice_for_growing_business/?utm_source=ifttt

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[webdesignersolutions]

Need Advice for Growing Business

Hi Reddit,

I'm in need of some advice.

Please note this is a wall of text, and in many ways, it's just me thinking out loud. Please keep this in mind, I'd love any feedback at all.

Quick Background

So recently I've gone out on my own and I'm making websites for small businesses. I'm using WordPress, so typically I'll build a site for them and then host it ongoing (via a reseller plan), and provide support etc as required.

Additionally, I also resell hosting to randoms that are happy to look after themselves. I'm using cPanel/WHM with WHMCS.

Overall things are going pretty well in terms of business. I have a number of clients with more coming each month.

But I've got some nagging thoughts in the back of my head...

You see, I have a reseller account with a large company. They have a reputation for being corporate juggernauts who don't give a shit. It's really easy to find people bagging them all over the internet. Complaints range from full-on "scams" to the usual poor performance, websites easily hacked, etc.

Prior to this business adventure, I've had a website with them for a few years and have never had any issues. Always great customer service and technical support. Performance is sometimes a minor issue but never enough to enrage me.

This has continued into my current reselling adventures. In my experience, everything is fine so far in terms of service etc from this company. The only thing is that I'm conflicted about is website performance.

It's nothing absolutely disgusting, and certainly, none of my clients have complained about it. Though it's something I'm mindful of as my business grows.

I'm well aware that I'm essentially reselling (probably) overcrowded shared hosting and I don't really feel good about it.

I'm basically worried that, in the long term, my hosting service just isn't going to cut it.

Here's the Part Where You Give Me Advice

Just to be clear, right now things aren't bad. I just want a clear idea in my head when thinking about the future as my business grows and more clients come on board.

I'm wanting to think about this now, and get it sorted early, rather than putting it off. I don't want to wake up later down the line, as more and more clients come on board, and suddenly the idea of moving services becomes a bastard of a job (and with much higher risk).

I'm basically looking to future proof my business via good planning. My primary concern is poor server performance as my business grows.

With this in mind, it seems like basically, I have 4 options.

Option One

I could continue as I am now, and when required I could switch to a VPS server with the same provider as I currently use.

All of my clients get transferred to the new VPS server, and I continue as normal.

Pros:

This is the obvious and easy path. I think the host handles the transfer of all cPanel accounts from shared server to the VPS when I upgrade. I would expect this to be "safe" in terms of minimal downtime etc.

Familiarity. I'm familiar with this already (in terms of cPanel/WHM/WHMCS). I know that simple things, such as being able to provide webmail for clients, will be all good.

Cons:

I'm not really sure how having a VPS would improve performance (if at all). I don't have much real-world developer/webmaster experience - I'm just a humble self-taught bloke.

Option Two

I move to something like AWS (Lightsail?), Google Cloud or DigitalOcean. I would essentially set up a new account and transfer my clients over (even if it were just one at a time over time) and scale the droplet (or create new) as needed.

Pros:

This is much more appealing because I know that performance would be a thousand times better then what I'm currently using.

It seems the most logical future-proof choice.

Cons:

Firstly, I'm not even really sure if this is possible. I have literally zero experience with any cloud computing/droplets.

Probably a lot more technically involved than option one. Likely above my current skill/knowledge level (but I learn well).

There are a lot of unknowns due to my large knowledge gaps. For example, how "safe" is it to run multiple cPanel accounts in one droplet? Is it possible to jail accounts to make them independent of each other? How does webmail work in these situations? I assume I have to purchase cPanel/WHM/WHMCS licenses (currently free from my reseller plan) - that's fine, but does having cPanel mean my clients will have webmail services?

Probably most importantly, how realistic is it for a self-taught random like me to manage something like a DigitalOcean droplet without fucking up bad and running a bunch of local businesses (ie, my clients).

Option Tree

Basically a combination of 1 and 2 above. So for example, I could use a standard reseller plan to resell to random DIY people. However, the clients that pay me to build and manage their website, I could possibly put them on a DigitalOcean droplet for performance purposes.

Option Four

Move my entire reseller account to another provider. Choose a new provider which has more focus on performance (or basically just has a much better reputation within the industry).

Pros:

Receive better performance (probably?) without scary changes.

Familiarity; this would most likely be identical to my current setup.

Gives the opportunity to pick a provider that has servers that are closer, physically, to my market location.

Conclusion

I think that my ideal setup would be basically what I have right now, which is cPanel/WHM/WHMCS and all the associated stuff (webmail and so on) but all on a scalable cloud service like DigitalOcean.

The problem is that I have no idea how feasible this is.

A close followup would be my current setup but with a provider that has a better reputation in the industry, has more focus on performance, and has servers physically closer to me.

Having said this, I'm pretty open to trying a VPS with my current provider too.

I'd love to hear any opinions from anyone with suitable experience.

Thanks so much!

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