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Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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On a slightly unrelated note:

Would it be possible to make a webapp like Meteor in Clojure pretty easily, using CSP go-style channels ang go-threads.

I imagine a function would "broadcast" or "listen to" websocket connections. If the app uses channels for communicating between different go-blocks, server/client contact could use an identical interface. Sending things server-side would be no different than sending things client-side.

Could also be a simple 2-function library.

Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bummer here as well. And thanks for the tip about not including a database. I'm surprised they didn't mention that in the article! Seems misleading. Since the original free deploy does include the database and they didn't mention it not being included in the article I simply assumed it was included in Galaxy.

It barely matters. Compose.io's mongo db service is also in aws east. It's simply a matter of pasting the mongo connection url they provide. The scalability they provide would be a waste of MDG's resources to build themselves. Perhaps they could automatically integrate with compose.io, but other than that its identical to what MDG could ever provide. So unless ur bummed about costs again (i.e. the Compose.io costs on…

+1 also MMS does all this for you. https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/

Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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This is a bummer for me. My meteor apps are large enough to not want to host on free `meteor deploy`, but small enough to not warrant a $500/month plan. Where's the $40/month plan? The $100/month? Also the fact that it doesn't come with the database is off putting. I was under the impression all these months that Galaxy would be a one-stop-shop for Meteor hosting. Bummer, total bummer. I hope they come out with more…

For a cheap hosted option you can setup a Digital Ocean droplet at $10/month and use Meteor Up (https://github.com/arunoda/meteor-up/tree/mupx) for your deployments. This will include the database as well.

That link is to Meteor Up X(development version) which uses Docker just like Galaxy. Once it's stable it'll be merged into Meteor Up. I've been using it for prod/staging pushes and it works great even with SSL.

Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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post #19

It works only in the AWS us-east cloud, what about Eu?

This. So many clients refuse to host their data in the US because of the gov't .

Curious - are AWS's EU clusters subject to EU laws, or US ones? I would've thought that as a US corporation, they'd be subject to both. If the US government has a warrant to snoop on Amazon's customers, it doesn't seem like Amazon has much choice (as a US corporation) but to comply.

Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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post #21

On a slightly unrelated note: Would it be possible to make a webapp like Meteor in Clojure pretty easily, using CSP go-style channels ang go-threads. I imagine a function would "broadcast" or "listen to" websocket connections. If the app uses channels for communicating between different go-blocks, server/client contact could use an identical interface. Sending things server-side would be no different than sending thi…

Huh. You'd need a closurescript wrapper around MiniMongo which is the in memory mongo database that powers Meteor's isomorphic code. But in theory very doable.

Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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post #21

On a slightly unrelated note: Would it be possible to make a webapp like Meteor in Clojure pretty easily, using CSP go-style channels ang go-threads. I imagine a function would "broadcast" or "listen to" websocket connections. If the app uses channels for communicating between different go-blocks, server/client contact could use an identical interface. Sending things server-side would be no different than sending thi…

Sente is a good library that allows you to do something like this: https://github.com/ptaoussanis/sente

You would have to do the database code yourself, however.

Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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post #14

It looks like they are purposefully ceding the small-fry market to Modulus[1] and maybe even Digital Ocean[2]. Part of what you're buying here is access to the Meteor team and best practices at scale. From what I've heard that's something it's harder to get from Modulus. [1] - https://modulus.io/ [2] - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-depl... edit: spelling

Yep, this should be the top comment. The disappointment others have voiced about a lack of indie price tiers is understandable, but it all makes sense if you look at this as preemptively attacking the top end of the market. It's an ambitious play - if they fail to attract enough big clients they're going to have to go down-market into something more crowded, but if they succeed, they have the opportunity to create a powerful feedback loop between Meteor's profile and Galaxy's success.

Re: Meteor Galaxy, a cloud platform for Meteor applications

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I want to learn more about Galaxy's security hygiene. I also want to learn more about what reasonable steps Galaxy is taking right now to ensure our data is safe after we `meteor deploy`.

Are they compliant with any security accountability programs like FEDRAMP/FISMA, ISO 27002, PCI-DSS and HIPAA?

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