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There is really no lockin at all if you use e.g. Flask via the WSGI interface. That is the beauty of it. You can downgrade to manally managed servers with the
by johansch 10y ago
There is really no lockin at all if you use e.g. Flask via the WSGI interface. That is the beauty of it.
You can downgrade to manally managed servers with the the same codebase.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago> You can downgrade to manally managed servers with the the same codebase. Or you spend the few extra hours upfront wrapping your app in config management so it can run on any bare VM. Don't be lazy! Not being able to run anywhere is technical debt. Unless you're running a hobby site that generates no revenue; in that case, do whatever.
- johansch 10y agoYAGNI. Do it when you know that you need it.
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- MichaelBurge 10y agoYAGNI does not apply to risk mitigation.
- johansch 10y agoI think Google would let us know in advance if they ever decided to retire AppEngine.