Jens Oliver Meiert

Why I Love DreamHost

Published on Mar 13, 2007 (updated Dec 7, 2024), filed under (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?)

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I like web hosting provider DreamHost. I like DreamHost from a professional point of view because DreamHost does several things “more than right” and simply provides a great user experience.

How’s that? DreamHost:

An important point (at least to me) is the disk storage and bandwidth aspect. On the one hand these often are a problem with many providers, and DreamHost solves that problem once and for all (you have to be too successful to run into storage and bandwidth issues). On the other hand, it’s solved very interestingly through weekly bonuses. These bonuses play an important part in the overall experience since they make you feel at ease and can also offer new possibilities. (For example, the increasing storage allowed me to outsource all my project stuff—I recently dropped my local CVS setup, created an SVN repository, and yet never have to worry that there’s not enough webspace.)

DreamHost on storage and transfer limits.
Figure: Screenshot of DreamHost’s [past] “Disk” and “Xfer” info.

Long story short, DreamHost has made me a very happy customer. A happy customer even though there’s one thing that occasionally upsets me: Uptime could be better. (Monitoring my sites with Montastic reveals more breakdowns with DreamHost than with my German provider, the latter meaning so far 0 outages per year.) I’m confident, however, that DreamHost brings that under control as well. Cutting the blah-blah, I much recommend to try Dreamhost by yourself (promo code “j9t” will bring you “1 extra free lifetime domain registration”). DreamHost seems to get promos right, too.

Update (March 1, 2009)

Last time I played with promo codes was in December 2007; now I did it again. Overall, you might want to test the following codes when registering with DreamHost:

The heavy use of referrer links and codes in this post is a bit unusual, however it’s meant to benefit everyone here. I like testing and experimenting.

About Me

Jens Oliver Meiert, on November 9, 2024.

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a web developer, manager, and author. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager for small and large enterprises, I’m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (I value you being critical, interpreting charitably, and giving feedback.)