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- Are AI bots killing your server performance? Attacks are up 419% last 6 months
by /u/siterightaway on February 18, 2026 at 7:54 amLeaving AI scrapers free to train their models is frying our servers. Your pages take forever to load, and your users are bailing… Attacks have increased by 170% (Microsoft) in the last 6 months alone—or an impressive 419%, according to DOAJ. Crazy! After recent updates, Cloudflare’s free plan (blackbox) has become a dangerous “all/nothing” scenario: either you unblock server resources or you become invisible to ChatGPT, Claude, and others. To make it worse, smarter bots are hitting the IP directly now and bypassing domain-level protection. It leaves you in the dark. Without real logs. Blind. The old defenses simply aren’t working anymore, or they’re becoming too expensive. Has anyone noticed their website slowing down (thanks to bad bots) or felt a drop in AI visibility (due to generic blocks)? submitted by /u/siterightaway [link] [comments]
- Is managed hosting worth paying extra for?by /u/nisha_n05 on February 18, 2026 at 5:53 am
For developers or small businesses: Do you prefer fully managed hosting or unmanaged VPS? Does managed support actually save time in real scenarios (server issues, security patches,optimization)? Or is it something most technical users don’t really need? submitted by /u/nisha_n05 [link] [comments]
- Website and Email host is requiring me to upgrade in order to get improved spam filters and send emails to certain customers.by /u/North-Remove-9185 on February 17, 2026 at 6:10 pm
My website and email host has recommended our business upgrades our email service from $5 per email to $9 to receive better spam filtering. We get a ton of spam! We also have some emails that bounce back from clients of Rogers emails – they claim if we upgrade it wouldn’t occur. Is this a thing? submitted by /u/North-Remove-9185 [link] [comments]
- What metrics truly matter to you when choosing a hosting provider?by /u/Loud-Position-9461 on February 17, 2026 at 1:29 pm
I’ve been digging deep into hosting providers for a while, because I am trying to choose the best one, but I realized how hard it is to compare them once you look past the marketing and everyone claims bet performance, best security, unlimited resources etc. So, I have decided to build little something. A structured comparison, grading performance, security, AI tools, support, pricing of course, and other aspects. But before I finalize it and share it, I would really appreciate your opinion on a few things: What 3-5 metrics truly define hosting quality for you? What should hosts be penalized for hiding or over-marketing? How important is clear disclosure of RAM, CPU, worker limits, and other technical limitations for you? submitted by /u/Loud-Position-9461 [link] [comments]
- Can a CDN and caching plugins handle sudden spikes in traffic on shared hosting, or is a VPS necessary?by /u/onliveserver on February 17, 2026 at 11:07 am
Hey Reddit, I’m curious if anyone has ever had to deal with sudden spikes in traffic on shared hosting. Do you think it’s always better to upgrade to a VPS for reliability and performance, or can tools like CDNs and caching plugins really handle those traffic spikes? I’ve heard different things, and I’d love to hear what worked for you! submitted by /u/onliveserver [link] [comments]