Author: Łukasz Nowak
73 articles
Nearly two decades in IT. A decade in web hosting - and still in the trenches. Writing about the infrastructure that runs the internet from the inside.
Security
Januscape and Bad Epoll: Two Linux Flaws That Let One Customer Take Over the Whole Server
Two Linux kernel flaws, patched the same week, break the multi-tenant promise: one escapes a guest VM to the host, the other hands any local user root.
Industry reports
You Don’t Own Your .io or .ai. You Rent a Country’s Politics.
A ccTLD is a trusteeship, not property. Building a brand on .io, .ai, or .ly rents a foreign government's diplomatic status. The unpriced risk, explained.
Other
Meet the New webhosting.today: The Hosting Market Now Has a Scoreboard
The new webhosting.today is live: a market scoreboard built on 400M resolved domains, showing which rivals each host wins and loses domains to. Free.
Security
An Attacker Sent a Ransom Email From Blesta’s Own Servers
An extortion email demanding Blesta pay up passed SPF, DKIM and DMARC from Blesta's own servers, pointing to a real compromise. Blesta has not confirmed one.
Interviews
The One-Click Website Was Never Real. AI Does Not Change That – Vito Peleg, CEO of Atarim
Vito Peleg of Atarim on why DIY activation rates have not changed with AI, the mega agency model, and the referral flywheel that drives organic growth.
Industry reports
The File Nobody Watches: llms.txt Is the Hosting Industry’s Newest Attack Surface
Anyone can slip a fake support line or rogue download into a hosting firm's llms.txt, and AI agents repeat it as fact. Nothing on the domain is watching.
Industry reports
We Audited the AI-Crawl Posture of Hosting Companies. Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes.
We audited 736 hosting and infrastructure companies: 90% of the measurable declare no AI-crawler policy. The 58 that do reveal five strategies.
Interviews
Elementor on Hosting: Your Stack, Your Choice – Gabriella Laster, Product Marketing Director at Elementor
Gabriella Laster of Elementor on why the new hosting product is an option not a lock-in, and how Angie integrates with the WordPress Abilities API.
Pricing updates
While the Industry Raised Prices, a Few Hosts Promised Never To. Regulation Just Made That a Strategy.
A few hosts promised never to raise renewal prices, through the worst hardware inflation in a decade. New renewal laws just turned that into strategy.
Other
Hostinger Promotes Its Product and Technology Chief to CEO as AI Becomes the Business
Hostinger promoted product and technology chief Giedrius Zakaitis to CEO, with Daugirdas Jankus moving to strategic initiatives.
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