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I've noticed with a lot of these "get started in seconds" services, you inevitably run into challenges down the road when the complications of trying to use the

by jpmoyn 8y ago

I've noticed with a lot of these "get started in seconds" services, you inevitably run into challenges down the road when the complications of trying to use them for a project come full swing. Not to mention the shaky nature of cloud hosting with a company that could easily be out of business in 6 months.

rlonn 8y ago
I agree, but often the alternative to using a service that offers painless onboarding, is to not do anything. I.e. you want to do X, and you're trying to find out how. You find product/service/component A, B and C that offers frictionless onboarding, and it allows you to get started on X. If, on the other hand, you find A, B and C that all require you to spend a couple of days learning their APIs etc, then you may never get started on X because the task becomes too big. There is a lot to be said for getting started on something. Components can always be replaced.