Heroku is no longer the hobbyist's friend

Post by PaulHoule » Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 10:36 PM UTC

lexcorvus wrote: post #48

savant wrote: post #18

A reasonable option for hobbyists is Dokku[1], a single-server heroku clone. I'm also pretty excited about Convox[2], and would definitely recommend that early adopters check it out. I get that people are frustrated with heroku's pricing, but at the end of the day I think that if your side project isn't worth the money you spend on it's hosting, maybe you should look into other side projects? If it's truly not a mone…

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Post by jay_kyburz » Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 10:53 PM UTC

jonwayne wrote: post #15

pickle27 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree - do they still lock you to their db? if they do then you are going to have to do a lot of work if you want to move to a different platform

Absolutely not. You can use Cloud Datastore, or you can connect to any database that can communicate over sockets or http, including Cloud SQL. Of note is that Datastore has a free tier, Cloud SQL does not, and Socket usage can incur (some) cost when communicating with other databases. I've seen many Python apps that connect to a free MongoDB instance hosted on Mongolab. (also worth noting that Node.js support for Ap…

Post by BlackMonday » Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 10:54 PM UTC

glogla wrote: post #29

The author writes about spinning virtual machine from Linode. There's one cool alternative I found: Hetzner Online[1] leases dedicated hardware that their other customers stopped using or ordered but didn't use, etc. It is in form of reverse auction - unused hardware gets cheaper until someone rents it. You can get i7-3770 server with 2x3 TB disks and 16 GB RAM for 32 EUR per month. That's not much more money than li…

Post by cynix » Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 10:57 PM UTC

savant wrote: post #18

A reasonable option for hobbyists is Dokku[1], a single-server heroku clone. I'm also pretty excited about Convox[2], and would definitely recommend that early adopters check it out. I get that people are frustrated with heroku's pricing, but at the end of the day I think that if your side project isn't worth the money you spend on it's hosting, maybe you should look into other side projects? If it's truly not a mone…

Post by icebraining » Mon, Oct 19, 2015, 11:02 PM UTC

nacho2sweet wrote: post #64

Ummm if your hobby isn't worth $14 a month to you then why is it worth it for Heroku to support it for nothing? This article is dumb. Remember when domain names cost $75 for 2 years and bottom tier hosting was $35. They are a business. They don't owe anyone shit, it is nice they give anything.