We just switched to DO thanks to their Hatch program. The support they have shown and the energy we’ve been getting from the people at DO has been next-to-none. Obviously it’s concerning to see people being laid off, and my thoughts and concerns go to those who are facing what is probably their worst days. Based on the stated reasoning from corporate I can’t say anything other than I believe them. They have been releasing so many great things recently, and looking at the number of open-source projects on Github it seems that the proof of a flat organisation is in the pudding. We’re spending +1.5k USD monthly and based on their product roadmap shared with us developers I have no reason to doubt that we’ll be moving more of our infrastructure to DO soon.

We used to be on Linode and they were great too. The competition has really forced them to up their game and start innovating. The segment is vibrant and the cash is there. I’m not worried.