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I'm pretty surprised as well. It's basically a simple CRUD app. I think that a single digital ocean box could have done the trick.
Especially when the website does not work (I have an SSL error, see my other reply above).
Author here, happy to get feedback!
Author here, happy to get feedback!
I like this kind of posts, a side project helps creating side projects. it was a matter of time until I figured out that to make money you can simply teach people how to make money. who wouldn't want to learn that :)
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I'm pretty surprised as well. It's basically a simple CRUD app. I think that a single digital ocean box could have done the trick.
True, I should have perhaps looked at cheaper options. Dynos were cheaper on most months, that example was the 'worst' month. The wildcard SSL certificate for subdomains was a bit expensive.
I assume the reason for not going with DO, Linode or AWS was you're not a devOps guy, which is understandable. We can help you with that.
I don't really understand the costs involved here. You can get a pretty powerful DigitalOcean droplet for $24 a month, which I personally run multiple side projects on with no issues. This could have stayed up indefinitely to tinker with, while you work on other stuff!
I don't really understand the costs involved here. You can get a pretty powerful DigitalOcean droplet for $24 a month, which I personally run multiple side projects on with no issues. This could have stayed up indefinitely to tinker with, while you work on other stuff!
That's a good point, but Heroku has a much lower barrier of entry for people who are just starting out. You don't have to worry about configuring and maintaining a Linux box. Some people are willing to pay a premium to avoid those headaches and get back to what they really want to be doing: application development.