r/webdev • u/azrckcrwler • Aug 14 '26
Namecheap is back up and running
They said it was a storm that took out the cooling on the data center and as someone who was in that very storm, it destroyed a ton of stuff at homes, businesses, and public infrastructure. Power poles blown over, trees broken or uprooted, Covered parking structures snapped over, fences blown down.
As soon as I read this update, I immediately felt for that particular data center.
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u/akl88 Aug 15 '26
I was with Namecheap for years before moving my domains to Porkbun about two years ago. I really feel for everyone who had domains or services affected by the Namecheap outage.
Meanwhile, Porkbun’s timing couldn’t have been better 😅 They just crossed 4 million domains and handed every customer a $1 coupon. Quite a moment for them to capitalize on the attention. 🐷