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Host of static websites, and provider of tools such as NetlifyCMS, that simplify and accelerate deployment of those websites.

Nothing to do with Netflix or Shopify.

Things I like

Netlify bot that automatically makes a test deployment and URL when I make a Pull request is really handy

Gotchas

Has bug where all files set to lowercase[1], thus, you may want to consider alternatives like Cloudflare pages, Github pages.

When I started building my startup on Netlify, they moved my personal websites out of their free tier (despite them being in a different account) and into a paid plan. They started charging my card (which I wasn't aware of), and when I changed my billing info they deleted my websites entirely. There was no option to restore them, and their support was incredibly rude. They kept telling me what I had to do to undo their mistake without offering to do it themselves.
One person notes bad behaviours https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38062595


  1. Gotcha: Netlify Makes All Your Filenames Case-Insensitive 2019-November-11 ↩︎