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I never get this, why would you use it for prototype if you will not run on it? Why are we prototyping in the cloud? What happened to localhost?
by segmondy 9y ago
I never get this, why would you use it for prototype if you will not run on it? Why are we prototyping in the cloud? What happened to localhost?
- codingdave 9y agoOne use case would be for getting the product/market fit. Launch fast, then either fail fast or succeed and port to a cheaper service.
- 549362-30499 9y agoI think the GP comment means prototyping a product idea to a real market. Obviously individual developers will run a local version of the production systems.
- yeukhon 9y agoBecause your local computer is not where you will run your production. You absolutely are not required to develop on the cloud, but you should at least consider (and in fact this should be “must”) test you code in thr cloud before you enable the knot to ship it in production mode. I’d argue if cloud is convenient for you and cheap as hell, no reason not to try. However, it is not cheap because you would need to setup your own cloudfoundry or kubernetes in AWS and whatnot (or the cloud provider’s native container solution), which often means renting a machine. So that’s why most people don’t do development in the cloud. They test their “just committed to my feature git branch” latest version in the cloud by means of automatic (Jenkins etc) or by pushing to the cloud manually.
- sologoub 9y agoIt depends on what kind of prototype it is. If you need to run a POC with a customer or two, localhost won't do.