I’ve never paid much attention to Hetzner but this interested me. Upon clicking the call to action in the announcement they blocked me with “Request on Hold - Suspicous Activity Detected”.
I have no interest in subjecting myself to this treatment.
I have no interest in subjecting myself to this treatment.
I'm attempting to soften that friction when I launch my PaaS
My concern over bots and misuse is a concern. I'm thinking of crippling the free service to allow full functionality but limiting it's use to really tiny files.
In the early days it was slightly amusing to get calls from older folks trying to understand what a virtual server was.
What I think you’re suggesting is that my trouble is with the machine—some version of frustrated human fighting with inanimate objects. In general this is a framing I oppose; automated machines are created by people, and people carry the responsibility for their creations. “The computer did it” is never an excuse.
So in a way, yes; I tend to view “error messages” as you put it as an extension of their creators, who very well may be worthy of indignation.