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I'm a former Linode employee, so you don't have to sell me on the advantages of the VPS. :) I think we need to remember that people new to programming don't kno
by mcone 11y ago
I'm a former Linode employee, so you don't have to sell me on the advantages of the VPS. :) I think we need to remember that people new to programming don't know about all of the available tools and services. Costs could have been reduced by using a VPS, but they also could have been reduced without becoming a *nix expert. For instance, the author talked about buying SSL certificates, something that comes free with a CloudFlare account. They could have also used a CDN to reduce the load on their dynos.
- wuliwong 11y agoI've had a site running on Heroku that has 200-300 visitors a day for almost 2 years. I'm still on the free dyno package. I wonder if I am just below some tipping point where I would need to bump up to the non-free stuff. My site runs fine and there are never spikes of traffic, it's pretty constant all throughout a 24 hour period.
- detaro 11y agoDid they grandfather "old" free dynos, or can you live with the forced off-time?
- overcast 11y agoYour last sentence answered your question. Scale when it's a problem.
- wuliwong 11y ago@detaro, couldn't reply directly to your comment but so far they haven't charged me. They sent me a note saying that eventually I would be charged but maybe they got enough backlash that they decided to grandfather in the old dynos?