Replit permanently moves to paid hosting after 7 years of free service

Post by guraf » Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 2:32 AM UTC

wutwutwat wrote: post #53

> On platforms such as DigitalOcean and AWS, they can be way cheaper. Then immediately follows with specs and prices: > Replit.com - $6.40/month > 2.199GHz/1GB RAM/10GB transfer vs > DigitalOcean.com - $6.00/month > 2.494GHz/1GB RAM/1TB transfer EDIT: I originally misread 10GB as 10TB - I'll still maintain that it likely doesn't matter. It's a managed VM where deployments are handled for you, for $0.40 more, and if t…

Post by LapsangGuzzler » Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 2:32 AM UTC

Shekelphile wrote: post #56

LapsangGuzzler wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that relying on a free service in a production environment that could cause an outage is a really, really bad idea because you have no SLA or relationship with the vendor. In that sense, you are very much getting what you paid for.

It's not like paid services haven't done tons of rugpulls and unannounced changes over the last few years.

Post by wutwutwat » Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 2:33 AM UTC

dash2 wrote: post #47

simpaticoder wrote: post #11

Rent a $5/mo Linux VPS and be happy. I think more people should do this because what you learn (and you'll learn a lot) is the foundation of everything else. Do this even if you are a programmer used to deploying to sophisitcated CI/CD stacks and k8s. The tight resource constraints (e.g. 1G RAM) are good for you - they make you think, and take care what you run and when you run it. Learn to setup ssh on both ends; le…

Is this actually a good idea? Won't you be investing in a lot of obsolete skills?

Post by computerfriend » Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 2:34 AM UTC

dash2 wrote: post #47

simpaticoder wrote: post #11

Rent a $5/mo Linux VPS and be happy. I think more people should do this because what you learn (and you'll learn a lot) is the foundation of everything else. Do this even if you are a programmer used to deploying to sophisitcated CI/CD stacks and k8s. The tight resource constraints (e.g. 1G RAM) are good for you - they make you think, and take care what you run and when you run it. Learn to setup ssh on both ends; le…

Is this actually a good idea? Won't you be investing in a lot of obsolete skills?

Post by HDThoreaun » Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 2:37 AM UTC

opportune wrote: post #34

LapsangGuzzler wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Free” is never, ever free and it blows my mind that people still don’t get this. Like, it’s understandable that you get a little burned the first time it happens, but then you’ve learned that this is how it all works. “Free” in a SAAS context has always and will always mean “no need to pay us until we decide otherwise, end of negotiation.” Every time I look at a free account for some product now, I ask myself if I’m…

I’m from very far outside the tech bubble, far enough outside it that people don’t even personally know anybody that writes software and there are almost no local software companies. People in that group - the vast majority of people in the world but by definition not really possible for an engineer to have much contact with - do not understand what work is involved in creating and running software. How well do you k…