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I use Ruby on Google AppEngine. I was running out of resources on Heroku (free plan). It's good and has some community support. It does start up slow, so you h

I use Ruby on Google AppEngine. I was running out of resources on Heroku (free plan). It's good and has some community support. It does start up slow, so you have to be prepared to run a cron to hit once a minute or so. http://code.google.com/p/appengine-jruby/ http://code.google.com/p/appengine-jruby/ That being said, I wouldn't go overboard creating your own blog engine (which is what I did initially) you can just end up dumping countless hours into a site lacks features and data that's difficult to migrate. I agree with the sentiments of one static page with links to a word press blog, Twitter, Facebook, Github, etc.

sabat 16y ago
I was running out of resources on Heroku This is something I'm concerned about. I like a whole lot about Heroku, but the upgrade path is strange and seems illogical. Could use some insight here. The jump from 1 dyno (free) to 2 dynos ($36/mo) seems excessive. What seems even worse is that the database options are: 5M (free), 20G ($15/mo, reasonable), and then the next step up is 2T at a whopping $200/mo. Where's the in-between? I can imagine running out of space with 20G, but I would reasonably expect a next step that costs maybe $30/mo -- measured growth! $200/mo could easily be too much too soon and would probably force me to go elsewhere. I've been thinking about going to the next HUG (Heroku User Group) meeting just to try and talk to them about this. Heroku would be the perfect place to grow a startup from the micro stage all the way up to the big time, except for the roadblocks in the growth path.
- roberts_vc 16y ago
  Heroku is killing it in RoR today, but I also noticed their rates jump up real fast. The reason is, they're on the forefront in this area, and really don't have any legit competition yet. They make it so, so easy to get going, and people rave about this constantly. I'm a WebFaction guy, they hit just the right point for me, with regard to price vs. features vs. a technically competitive/modern configuration. I haven't started moving into cloud services yet, because I just have a natural aversion to "leasing" as opposed to owning, though I realize a hired host isn't much different. I just see all the cloud services nickle-and-diming you to death - the meter is always running, all the time, in small ways and large. A flat monthly fee is plenty enough for me to worry about. With Heroku, they've obscured so many of the sub-components behind cute, fabricated names... I don't want to have to worry about contracting enough cycles, or workers, or R2D2's, or time, or speed. Though I realize this does work well for some users, I'm not that kind of user.

sabat 16y ago

I was running out of resources on Heroku This is something I'm concerned about. I like a whole lot about Heroku, but the upgrade path is strange and seems illogical. Could use some insight here. The jump from 1 dyno (free) to 2 dynos ($36/mo) seems excessive. What seems even worse is that the database options are: 5M (free), 20G ($15/mo, reasonable), and then the next step up is 2T at a whopping $200/mo. Where's the in-between? I can imagine running out of space with 20G, but I would reasonably expect a next step that costs maybe $30/mo -- measured growth! $200/mo could easily be too much too soon and would probably force me to go elsewhere. I've been thinking about going to the next HUG (Heroku User Group) meeting just to try and talk to them about this. Heroku would be the perfect place to grow a startup from the micro stage all the way up to the big time, except for the roadblocks in the growth path.

roberts_vc 16y ago
Heroku is killing it in RoR today, but I also noticed their rates jump up real fast. The reason is, they're on the forefront in this area, and really don't have any legit competition yet. They make it so, so easy to get going, and people rave about this constantly. I'm a WebFaction guy, they hit just the right point for me, with regard to price vs. features vs. a technically competitive/modern configuration. I haven't started moving into cloud services yet, because I just have a natural aversion to "leasing" as opposed to owning, though I realize a hired host isn't much different. I just see all the cloud services nickle-and-diming you to death - the meter is always running, all the time, in small ways and large. A flat monthly fee is plenty enough for me to worry about. With Heroku, they've obscured so many of the sub-components behind cute, fabricated names... I don't want to have to worry about contracting enough cycles, or workers, or R2D2's, or time, or speed. Though I realize this does work well for some users, I'm not that kind of user.