Provider news · July 2023
What the providers shipped
July's offerings from our VPS providers had all the freshness of a stale bread loaf. DigitalOcean finally got around to adding pgvector support to PostgreSQL clusters, probably because they can't ignore trendy extensions anymore, and expanded Spaces to Bangalore, where the traffic might not match the hype but at least they're everywhere. Linode served up a slightly outdated Kubernetes Engine update to LKE users who desperately need new versions every few months, and UpCloud beta-released their "hub" dashboard — good luck figuring that out. None of these changes seem tailored to the everyday concerns of developers, unless you're the one who enjoys paying attention to billing policy changes or obsessing over the latest Kubernetes versions.
DigitalOcean
- Jul 17 PostgreSQL pgvector support — pgvector extension added to PostgreSQL clusters.
- Jul 10 Spaces available in BLR1 — Object storage expanded to Bangalore.
- Jul 1 No billing for firewall-dropped egress — Outbound data dropped by a Cloud Firewall rule no longer billed.
- Jul 1 ACH direct debit payments (US) — ACH direct debit supported for qualifying US customers.
Linode
- Jul 26 LKE v1.52.0 — Linode Kubernetes Engine version 1.52.0 release.
UpCloud
- Jul 5 UpCloud hub dashboard in beta — New Dashboard for infrastructure overview, resource monitoring, and credit tracking.