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matus_congrady

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About matus_congrady

CEO @ Stacktape Building a PaaS that deploys apps to your own AWS account. Also, with the easiet IaaC configuration on the planet.

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    Comment #48890727

    When working on our startup Stacktape, we were struggling a lot to keep our public technical documentation up to date. AI didn't really help - correcting its mistakes was as hard a…

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    Comment #46944549

    The cheapest way to deploy a container accessible over HTTP is to use web-service resource (which uses AWS ECS loadbalanced with HTTP-Api-Gateway, which is pay-per-use) and use EC2…

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    Comment #46944167

    https://github.com/stacktape/stacktape An alternative to tools lik sst.dev or serverless framework, or a PaaS services like Render.com or Flightcontrol. Deploys to user's own AWS. …

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    Comment #44421993

    v3 of https://stacktape.com Stacktape is a PaaS that deploy to user's own AWS account. v3 adds many new features, but namely the ability to generate IaC config directly from code, …

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    Comment #44293921

    At https://stacktape.com , we're also in the same space. We're offering Heroku-like experience on top of your own AWS account. I like what you're doing. But, to behonst, it's a tou…

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    Comment #44245541

    For those interested in a Heroku alternative, have a look at https://stacktape.com (full disclosure: I'm a founder). It's a Heroku-like PaaS platform that deploys directly to your …

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    Comment #43591046

    3 things: - Situation on the SWE hiring market. It's way harder to find a job. - I personally know people from SW dev agencies that are all saying its very hard to find an opportun…

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    Comment #43590856

    It's completely true, and I AM ashamed for doing it. But it's a terrible time to be a PaaS founder, since there are very few new projects being started at the moment. Without exagg…

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    Comment #43590743

    I'm sorry for being a bit off-topic, but I'm a founder of a PaaS company myself, and I think that what we offer is a great alternative to Coolify for companies that need a more "ma…

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    Comment #43517232

    Is there a way to make this work inside a browser, via monaco-editor? If so, do you have any examples, or recommendations?

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    Comment #43419848

    Besides that, our UI supports everything you've mentioned... managing secrets, ENV vars, different configurations between stages, etc. You can also configure more advanced things, …

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    Comment #43419780

    To be honest, we don't 100% cover what you're looking for in an ideal world, as we have our own deployment engine. That being said, our deployment engine is pretty powerful (in ter…

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    Comment #43409724

    Hello, You can also have a look at https://stacktape.com (full disclosure: I'm a founder). It's a Heroku-like PaaS that deploys to your own AWS account. We support both serverless …

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    Comment #42836082

    Shameless plug: at https://stacktape.com , we also do "Heroku-like PaaS experience" built on top of AWS. But we deploy directly to our user's AWS account.

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    Comment #41486585

    Since DHH has been promoting the 'do-it-yourself' approach, many people have fallen for it. You're asking the right questions that only a few people know they need answers to. In m…

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    Comment #40952498

    > Isn't the entire point of vercel/netlify/cloudflare is that you don't have to self-host? The issue is the price of it, not the actual software. There's also a third way, which we…

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    Show HN: Stacktape – 97 % of AWS Capabilities, 3% complexity

    Hello, Matus, Stacktape CEO here. Today, after more than a year in development, we’re introducing the next major version of our product. During the past few years, we’ve been tryin…

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    Comment #36427433

    From what I've heard, the biggest selling point of GCP is its simplicity and easier development experience. Other than that, it's mostly inferior to AWS or even MS Azure. AWS is de…

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    Comment #36092165

    (Please take my opinion with a grain of salt, as I might be biased - I'm a founder at a startup that solves a very similar problem). The cloud (and by "cloud" I mostly mean AWS) in…

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    Comment #35847694

    I agree with some of the points you've mentioned, but I also think that there definitely are great use-cases for AWS Lambda, and that they are (especially when using a good deploym…

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    Comment #35612371

    There's been a lot of complaints about Heroku recently, and I think there will be a lot more. I believe that Heroku under the Salesforce's management is a different product that a …

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    Comment #35577515

    Hello rexarex, The use-case you're describing could be a great fit for the tool we're building: stacktape.com. It offer the simplicity a productivity of a PaaS platform directly in…

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    Comment #35018149

    The complexity and amount of AWS-specific knowledge required to efficiently use it is pretty much absurd. Even though AWS offers multiple different solutions (AWS SAM, Elastic Bean…