Engineering
For those interested in the technical know-how, the engineering, technology, and tools used behind the Hostinger stage.
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Network Validation Evolution at Hostinger
A network is the most sensitive part of an infrastructure. To keep it running with less downtime, there is a need to validate its configuration before deploying new changes to th…
GraphQL vs. REST: Which Is the Best for API Development?
API, the acronym for Application Programming Interface, is a software intermediary that allows two applications to communicate with each other. That could be a server, a client, o…
Reducing the Energy Usage of a Website
Trends of the Website Energy Consumption The Internet uses roughly the same amount of electricity as the UK, one of the world’s largest economies. That is around 300 TWh/year. …
PHP 8.0: Introducing the New PHP Version
We’re thrilled to announce that PHP 8.0 is now available on Hostinger servers. This PHP version comes with new features and changes to provide the best possible performance for yo…
Introducing PHP 7.4: Performance, Features, Deprecations
PHP 7.4 has finally arrived! This new version, released on November 28, 2019, is now available on all Hostinger servers. Developers can expect improvements in code readability, mai…
Improving Website Performance with LiteSpeed
At the beginning of 2019, Hostinger decided to try LiteSpeed Web Servers (LSWS) as the main web server instead of Apache. LiteSpeed is a drop-in replacement for Apache with .htacce…
SRE Daily Life: Bleeding CART
As you know, we run Hostinger.com. It's a critical component as it's like our company's greeting card. Even more, it's the main gateway for onboarding new clients and making reve…
Hostinger Cloud Hosting: Explained
Hostinger Cloud Hosting offers powerful and user-friendly web hosting with the backend already taken care of. But what is Cloud Hosting and what features make it stand out? Our …
The Hostinger Monitoring Mystery Revealed
Back when Hostinger was still a small company, only Nagios, Cacti, and Ganglia existed in the market as open-source monitoring tools. They're less known now, but Nagios and Cacti a…
MySQL Setup at Hostinger Explained
At Hostinger, we have various MySQL setups starting from the standalone replica-less instances, Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC), and ProxySQL based routing, to even absolutely custom …