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Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by envolt »

I don't think Best (or Good) will be Free, after a certain tier (e.g AWS only gives a t2.micro for a month (750 hours to be specific))

Most of the cloud providers have some kind of startup program, where they offer free credits to startup.

We (my company) got credit benefit from IBM, it's been a real savior for us. You can check it out here https://developer.ibm.com/startups/

Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by reilly3000 »

gameswithgo wrote: post #6
segmondy wrote: post #4

your own computer.

I understand why some are downvoting this but, with consumer internet connections being 1000up/down and a threadripper giving you like 100 cores for a few bucks, this can be a very handy solution, with quicker deploys and easier management. security might be too much of a concern for some applications

I have that stack and security concerns are holding me back. Any suggestions for ways to secure a home network for public hosting?

Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by ljm »

gameswithgo wrote: post #6
segmondy wrote: post #4

your own computer.

I understand why some are downvoting this but, with consumer internet connections being 1000up/down and a threadripper giving you like 100 cores for a few bucks, this can be a very handy solution, with quicker deploys and easier management. security might be too much of a concern for some applications

It’s not a bad idea if your ISP gives you a static IP and you’ve got some spare hardware lying around (just in case closing your laptop causes downtime). If you can isolate that box from the rest of your home network, even better.

Personally I’ve been using $3 Lightsail instances on AWS. There’s a lot you can do with one CPU and half a gig of RAM. An MVP Rails app will squeeze into that easily enough.

Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by aetimmes »

phmagic wrote: post #16
imafish wrote: post #7

My entire app is “serverless” and I host it on AWS and netlify using the free tier. So far I have been able to keep resource use below the free tier thresholds.

I'd like to second this. The amount of free compute available to serverless infrastructure is insane! Serverless does have a learning curve but it's worth it to learn. The next best is Heroku's free tier.

I feel like Heroku got left behind in the current k8s craze but they're still a good choice for a lot of use-cases, cheap MVPs being one of them.

Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by cmsimike »

yingw787 wrote: post #5

Linode is $5/mo. and I got a $50 credit for just being at a software conference; I also don't think that expires (which is good because I'm not planning on using that credit atm). That's 10 months of free service. It's also pretty barebones in terms of upsold services, but apparently the customer support is pretty top-notch. I'd take a look at it.

All my credits seemed to expire after two months.

Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by cpursley »

phmagic wrote: post #16
imafish wrote: post #7

My entire app is “serverless” and I host it on AWS and netlify using the free tier. So far I have been able to keep resource use below the free tier thresholds.

I'd like to second this. The amount of free compute available to serverless infrastructure is insane! Serverless does have a learning curve but it's worth it to learn. The next best is Heroku's free tier.

Hasura on Heroku's free-tier for the backend + netlify's free tier sounds like the sweet spot.

Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by cpursley »

aetimmes wrote: post #25
phmagic wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd like to second this. The amount of free compute available to serverless infrastructure is insane! Serverless does have a learning curve but it's worth it to learn. The next best is Heroku's free tier.

I feel like Heroku got left behind in the current k8s craze but they're still a good choice for a lot of use-cases, cheap MVPs being one of them.

Heroku is still significantly easier to use than Docker/K8s.

Re: Ask HN: Best free compute and other resources for startups?

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Post by yingw787 »

cmsimike wrote: post #26
yingw787 wrote: post #5

Linode is $5/mo. and I got a $50 credit for just being at a software conference; I also don't think that expires (which is good because I'm not planning on using that credit atm). That's 10 months of free service. It's also pretty barebones in terms of upsold services, but apparently the customer support is pretty top-notch. I'd take a look at it.

All my credits seemed to expire after two months.

This comment spooked me so I went back to my emails and checked what Linode said:

> The $50 credit can give you up to 10 months of hosting on our 1GB plan. You can also use the credit towards our add-on services such as backups, Block Storage, or NodeBalancers. Use the promo code today!

So they mentioned 10 months in the email, and I searched a bit further and didn't see anything about service credit expiration. You can also get service credits using referrals, coupon sites, and even blog posts:

https://www.linode.com/community/questions/8788/share-your-l...

Airbnb cereal and all that. https://medium.com/@austincoleschafer/a-short-story-about-ho...

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