Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by brosner » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 6:36 PM UTC

Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app
gondor.io

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

#2

Post by hwiechers » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 7:35 PM UTC

> Gondor 1.1 is an optional upgrade, but we will force everyone to upgrade by the end of September.

So then it's not optional.

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by baddox » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 7:48 PM UTC

hwiechers wrote: post #2

> Gondor 1.1 is an optional upgrade, but we will force everyone to upgrade by the end of September. So then it's not optional.

It is optional, but it won't be at some point in the future.

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by brosner » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 7:58 PM UTC

hwiechers wrote: post #2

> Gondor 1.1 is an optional upgrade, but we will force everyone to upgrade by the end of September. So then it's not optional.

Good catch. This was overlooked. I've removed that bit and modified the upgrade section with the correct information.

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by orangethirty » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 9:24 PM UTC

The service seems to be kind of expensive for what it is.

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by jtauber » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 9:45 PM UTC

orangethirty wrote: post #5

The service seems to be kind of expensive for what it is.

Compared to what? Remember it's managed hosting, not a VPS (see https://gondor.io/blog/2011/12/20/why-pay-more-gondor-rather... for an explanation of some of the differences)

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by orangethirty » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 10:09 PM UTC

jtauber wrote: post #6

orangethirty wrote: post #5

The service seems to be kind of expensive for what it is.

Compared to what? Remember it's managed hosting, not a VPS (see https://gondor.io/blog/2011/12/20/why-pay-more-gondor-rather... for an explanation of some of the differences)

Thank you for the link. It makes a clear point: I'm not their demographic. They are going after businesses and not individuals. I still wonder how they compare proce wise vs heroku?

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by jtauber » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 10:44 PM UTC

orangethirty wrote: post #7

jtauber wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Compared to what? Remember it's managed hosting, not a VPS (see https://gondor.io/blog/2011/12/20/why-pay-more-gondor-rather... for an explanation of some of the differences)

Thank you for the link. It makes a clear point: I'm not their demographic. They are going after businesses and not individuals. I still wonder how they compare proce wise vs heroku?

Actually, the majority of Gondor users are individuals, just individuals who want to spend more time developing and less time configuring and running servers. Heroku has a free tier which makes them cheaper for starting out but for various setups, Gondor can be cheaper.

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by orangethirty » Tue, Jun 19, 2012, 11:50 PM UTC

jtauber wrote: post #8

orangethirty wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for the link. It makes a clear point: I'm not their demographic. They are going after businesses and not individuals. I still wonder how they compare proce wise vs heroku?

Actually, the majority of Gondor users are individuals, just individuals who want to spend more time developing and less time configuring and running servers. Heroku has a free tier which makes them cheaper for starting out but for various setups, Gondor can be cheaper.

I build flask apps, and I'm currently shopping for a VPS. Leaning towards Linode, even though their security proved to be less than stellar. My aim is to have a platform where I will not be limited to what I can and can't ship in terms of libraries, db's, and the like. Could gondor provide me with such freedom? Or do I have to open up supports tickets in order to ask for a library to be installed and made available? This is how web hosts operate and it is a huge time waster. Rather thanked writiing pip install whatever, I have to wait for someone to do it.

Re: Gondor expands its Django hosting to any Python WSGI app

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Post by chrismsnz » Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 12:22 AM UTC

orangethirty wrote: post #9

jtauber wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, the majority of Gondor users are individuals, just individuals who want to spend more time developing and less time configuring and running servers. Heroku has a free tier which makes them cheaper for starting out but for various setups, Gondor can be cheaper.

I build flask apps, and I'm currently shopping for a VPS. Leaning towards Linode, even though their security proved to be less than stellar. My aim is to have a platform where I will not be limited to what I can and can't ship in terms of libraries, db's, and the like. Could gondor provide me with such freedom? Or do I have to open up supports tickets in order to ask for a library to be installed and made available?…

Check out webfaction, their virtualenv support is a _little_ wonky but the python environment is per-app so you don't really need it.

I run half a dozen Django apps for less than $10/mo but they support any WSGI system, postgres or MySQL and their platform also handles your mail & DNS.