How we built Hamiltix.net for less than $1 a month on AWS
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How we built Hamiltix.net for less than $1 a month on AWS
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Re: How we built Hamiltix.net for less than $1 a month on AWS
#2For those interested, it looks like the aws stack diagram was created with cloudcraft.
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#3Great work! I love reading stories like this. Lambda isn’t for every usecase but I’d say a large majority of CRUD apps can use this architecture and reduce costs.
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#4Very nice. I built a boilerplate Lambda app that puts a lot of this cost effective architecture into practice:
https://github.com/nzoschke/gofaas
One difference is that I use SNS for cheap email or SMS error notifications.
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#5Wait but where do you host gitlab? You need an ec2 instance for that, right?
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#6Wait but where do you host gitlab? You need an ec2 instance for that, right?
Not OP, but I suspect on gitlab.com itself (free private repo for small teams).
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#7> After the free-tier expires it will be less than $5, but the fact remains: it's crazy cheap.
I like the idea behind serverless development, but DO is $5/month and is easy to setup and maintain. From what I understand as your business grows AWS costs skyrocket and just starting out it's more complicated than a DO solution.
The idea is great, but looking forward to the day where serverless is the default solution because it's easier and cheaper. Not sure we're there yet.
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#8Using Codenvy for development, Github for code, Netlify for deployment and hosting, and Firebase for a database, in total I spend exactly nothing on my side projects.
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#9Using Codenvy for development, Github for code, Netlify for deployment and hosting, and Firebase for a database, in total I spend exactly nothing on my side projects.
All great services except Firebase. It's hard to version control development and it's a lock in platform that's hard to migrate away from.
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#10how is aws lambda pricing at scale?