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Am I Crazy For Considering Using The Host's Nameservers On A Side Project?

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  1. Kai Dubois
    @lambdarider

    Genuine question from someone whos been doing websites for a while but never thought hard about DNS. For a side project, is using the hosts nameservers actually worth it? 😅 i hear argmuents about uptime, speed, control and lock-in, but i cant tell which ones are real and which are marketing. If youve done this for a few years, Id love to hear ur setup and what ud change. Practical exeprience beats theory for me, sooo please share what actually happened to u. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Ivan
    @ivan_tensor

    yeahhh spiltting registrar and DNS is about blast radius. if ur host account gets locked or the host goes bankrupt, u can still point teh domain elsewhere because DNS isnt tied to them... for anything that makes money I think that alone justifies it. lmk how it goes

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  4. Elena C.
    @night_fiddler

    following, having the same problem good luck man!

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  5. Ruben Iqbal
    @riqbal_30
    in reply to @night_fiddler

    been there man for a single personal blog, keeping DNS wherever is easiest is completely fine 😤 The best setup is the one you remember how to log into. Use strong passwords and two-factor on the registrar account; that matters more than where the zone lives. hope that helps :)

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  7. Elena C.
    @night_fiddler

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been 20 minutes

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  8. Elena C.
    @night_fiddler

    yeahhh for client portfolios, centralize. twenty domains across ten registrars is how renewals get missed. pick one registrar with good bulk tools and one DNS provider with an API, and keep an export of every zone file somewhere safe.

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  9. Wren Costa
    @wcosta

    came here to say exactly this lmk how it goes

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  10. Ruben Iqbal
    @riqbal_30

    ok update: did what @lambdarider said and its fine now owe u a beer 🍺

    thumbsup

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  11. Elena C.
    @night_fiddler

    Running your own nameservers is a learning project, not a reilability upgrade. Unless u have multiple servers in different networks, ure adding a single point of failure. Secondary DNS from a provider can soften that, but its still more work. good luck man!

    lol

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  12. Wren Costa
    @wcosta

    wait does this also apply to project?. for me it was the antivirus. swapped it and boom, fixed

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  13. Wren Costa
    @wcosta

    Id push back on CDN DNS for everything. Its great until you hit a feature limitation on the free plan and realize your whole zone depends on one companys product decisions.

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