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Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by dswalter » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:37 PM UTC

yieldcrv wrote: post #10

geraldwhen wrote: post #2

“ The result of this is an Internet where all of the world's CRUD apps are hosted in Loudoun County, VA (motto: "where tradition meets innovation"), at Amazon's us-east-1 in Ashburn, a city with so many Rails apps that one of them was elected to the county Board of Supervisors.” So true it hurts

> that one of them was elected to the county Board of Supervisors. can you explain this part of the joke?

The idea is that Rails apps are such a large portion of the population that they elected a representative from within themselves.

It's not intended to be taken literally (I assume).

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by dementik » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

kayodelycaon wrote: post #6

> What people actually wanted to talk about, though? Databases. And they completely avoid discussing it again in this article. It would be nice if I could know what their product is for because it doesn't seem to be the apps I work on.

I presume they start discussing about it when LiteFS is matured enough.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by mrkurt » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:38 PM UTC

techn00 wrote: post #5

Does fly use Equinox or something similar for their hardware?

We use Equinix Metal / Packet in some places, our own hardware + colo in others, and something close to colo/hardware in more.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by bryanlarsen » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:39 PM UTC

kayodelycaon wrote: post #6

> What people actually wanted to talk about, though? Databases. And they completely avoid discussing it again in this article. It would be nice if I could know what their product is for because it doesn't seem to be the apps I work on.

This is a "raised money" post. So presumably they raised money so they can have a database answer in the future.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by xianshou » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:39 PM UTC

Self-aware commentary like this only works if used sparingly, but this one is extremely effective - acknowledges the mercenary motivations, implicit hypocrisy, and self-aggrandization of such announcements while nonetheless communicating all the important information and succinctly breaking down a real problem that their platform solves. On top of that, the legitimate uses of funding are clearly identified, answering any questions about both "why" and "how much".

Cheers, guys.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by yieldcrv » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:40 PM UTC

so I'm guessing Vercel and Netlify deploy cloud functions only to the "least worst datacenter"?

while Fly.io deploys compute instances to more regions and also has a database?

asking because I've been content with Vercel and Netlify's CDN for frontend assets and simply stopped doing system design around relational storage, when I want to stay on a free tier.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by sneak » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:40 PM UTC

geraldwhen wrote: post #2

“ The result of this is an Internet where all of the world's CRUD apps are hosted in Loudoun County, VA (motto: "where tradition meets innovation"), at Amazon's us-east-1 in Ashburn, a city with so many Rails apps that one of them was elected to the county Board of Supervisors.” So true it hurts

How much of the raise is directly attributable to the fact that their early staff has at least two excellent writers on it?

Their brand marketing is impeccable as a result. Every post on their blog comes through with this very clear, slightly snarky voice.

If you want to be a famous hacker, you must also be a slightly (industry) famous author.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by h_mirin » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:41 PM UTC

I like fly.io because it's just (much) better Heroku.

I also liked Heroku, so it's sad to see their status now.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by SonOfLilit » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:42 PM UTC

yieldcrv wrote: post #10

geraldwhen wrote: post #2

“ The result of this is an Internet where all of the world's CRUD apps are hosted in Loudoun County, VA (motto: "where tradition meets innovation"), at Amazon's us-east-1 in Ashburn, a city with so many Rails apps that one of them was elected to the county Board of Supervisors.” So true it hurts

> that one of them was elected to the county Board of Supervisors. can you explain this part of the joke?

In Florida you have so many hispanic citizens that they have significant representation in local politics. In this specific county you have more cloud servers serving rails apps. However, they're not citizens and can't get elected to public service.

Re: We raised a bunch of money

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 2:43 PM UTC

geraldwhen wrote: post #2

“ The result of this is an Internet where all of the world's CRUD apps are hosted in Loudoun County, VA (motto: "where tradition meets innovation"), at Amazon's us-east-1 in Ashburn, a city with so many Rails apps that one of them was elected to the county Board of Supervisors.” So true it hurts

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