Author: Natalia Nowak

116 articles
Exploring the web hosting industry through writing - panels, providers, and everything that runs behind the scenes.

Software reviews
We Asked Six Hosting AI Assistants to Name a Better Rival. Not One Would.
by Natalia Nowak · 16 Jul 2026 · 10 min read
We put the same three hard questions to six hosting AI assistants. Asked to name a better rival with no list, not one would, and one assistant just quit the chat.
Industry reports
GoDaddy Opens Its Domain API to AI Agents, With Guardrails Built In
by Natalia Nowak · 16 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
GoDaddy opened its domain API to AI agents, but unlike the first wave, it writes a recorded consent step and scoped spending into the purchase itself.
M&A
Green Olive Tree Acquires ZebraHost for $1.1 Million, Nearly Doubling in Size
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Green Olive Tree acquired ZebraHost for $1.1 million, nearly doubling its revenue, in a founder-retirement deal that shows how small-host consolidation works.
Security
Roundcube’s Zero-Click Webmail XSS, and How Fast It Reached cPanel
by Natalia Nowak · 15 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Roundcube's zero-click webmail XSS (CVSS 7.2) was patched July 5 and shipped in cPanel 134.0.45 on July 14. Here is what shared hosts should check.
Security
A US Sanction, a Montenegrin Domain, and Why Every t.me Link Went Dark
by Natalia Nowak · 14 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Every t.me link broke worldwide after the .me registry suspended Telegram's domain, a takedown whose trail leads to a US sanction and an American-run ccTLD.
M&A
The Balance Sheet Behind Your Renewal Invoice: Who Owns the Hosting Industry, and What It Owes
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Jul 2026 · 14 min read
We mapped the hosting industry's owners and debt against our renewal-price index: the operators machines cannot price are the ones with liens on the renewal premium.
Industry reports
UK Financial Regulators Now Oversee AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle
by Natalia Nowak · 13 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
From July 13, the Bank of England, PRA and FCA jointly oversee AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Oracle as critical third parties to UK finance.
Industry reports
The Free Tier Isn’t Dying Loudly. It’s Being Repriced Quietly. And the Developer Pipeline Goes With It.
by Natalia Nowak · 10 Jul 2026 · 9 min read
No platform announced the end of free hosting. They repriced the units instead. The developer on-ramp, PaaS's CAC engine, is quietly closing.
Security
Three Unauthenticated File Flaws in a Week, and One Root Cause: Validation by Shortcut
by Natalia Nowak · 10 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
In one July week, three unauthenticated file-handling flaws surfaced across WordPress plugins and a web FTP client, all rooted in validation by shortcut.
Software reviews
Extendify Launches Code, a White-Label Vibe-Coding Platform for Hosts
by Natalia Nowak · 9 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Extendify launched Code, a white-label agentic AI app builder hosts can resell via WHMCS, turning vibe coding into a shelf product for the hosting industry.
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