Case Study: Fireside.fm achieves rapid, scalable, cost-efficient podcast infrastructure with Linode

Why 5by5 chose Linode’s Cloud for Its Universal Podcast Platform, Fireside.fm

Fireside.fm is a one‑stop podcast platform founded in 2015 by Dan Benjamin that provides hosting, analytics, automated feed and publishing tools, a podcast manager and complementary website features for as little as $19/month. The company’s core challenge was uncertain growth: they needed an affordable, Linux‑based cloud host that would let them rapidly deploy and scale infrastructure without service interruptions or wasted resources as their customer base ramped up.

Fireside chose Linode for its fast provisioning, easy image/clone workflow, NodeBalancers and straightforward upgrade path, building multiple Rails app servers, primary/secondary databases and caching servers that can be scaled or upgraded on demand. The result: rapid deployments in minutes instead of hours or days, seamless upgrades with no downtime, efficient cost control by adding capacity only when needed, and reliable growth support as Fireside’s user base expanded.

Fireside.fm

Dan Benjamin

Founder/Developer