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Portland-based PHP cloud platform PHP Fog raises $1.8M

26 points by taylorbuley 16y ago

corin_ 16y ago
Have been trying it out, and it seems like it could turn into an awesome company, and the guys behind it seem great as well. Pleased to hear about this investment, and hope they go far.
perssontm 16y ago
This seems really interesting, although the latest series of issues with heroku makes me wonder if it ever can be done in a high quality way. I hope so, if it did, it would be super-fantastic.
- hc5 16y ago
  What were the recent Heroku issues? I must have missed this.
  - taylorbuley 16y ago
    Ditto. Anyone?
- benatkin 16y ago
  This one's a bit different. They provide dedicated AWS boxes. So there's no free plan (though beta testers get a generous free credit) and there's no five-second or so delay getting a response to a request on an app that has been turned off due to inactivity.
hajrice 16y ago
>> PHP Fog was formed last year by Lucas Carlson, a PHP developer over the past eight years who is also described in the news release as one of the world’s leading developers of the Ruby programming language. Am I the only one who finds this ironic?
- benatkin 16y ago
  No. The ruby community just attracts more language snobs than most languages, and unfortunately, tolerates them. In reality the people who make sweeping negative generalizations about PHP developers are a vocal minority. In reality, most rubyists acknowledge that there are plenty of good PHP developers and plenty of bad Ruby developers.
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    - smokinn 16y ago
      Because people can only have a background in one language? I think you're the one missing benatkin's point and proving yourself to be one of the language snobs he mentioned. Good developers are good developers. In your own quote it says he has 8 years of PHP experience. Sure, he has a really good Ruby background but it looks like he has a really good PHP background as well.
kingofspain 16y ago
Hoping to get a beta invite for this (I filled in the forms!) - it looks like it could be perfect for some things I had lined up but the site is a bit short on specifics, which I guess is understandable at the moment. It's nice to see things like this popping up for PHP. I was starting to feel like I'd been left alone here while all the kids go play Ruby.

26 points by taylorbuley 16y ago

Have been trying it out, and it seems like it could turn into an awesome company, and the guys behind it seem great as well. Pleased to hear about this investment, and hope they go far.

perssontm 16y ago

This seems really interesting, although the latest series of issues with heroku makes me wonder if it ever can be done in a high quality way. I hope so, if it did, it would be super-fantastic.

hc5 16y ago
What were the recent Heroku issues? I must have missed this.
- taylorbuley 16y ago
  Ditto. Anyone?
benatkin 16y ago
This one's a bit different. They provide dedicated AWS boxes. So there's no free plan (though beta testers get a generous free credit) and there's no five-second or so delay getting a response to a request on an app that has been turned off due to inactivity.

hajrice 16y ago

>> PHP Fog was formed last year by Lucas Carlson, a PHP developer over the past eight years who is also described in the news release as one of the world’s leading developers of the Ruby programming language. Am I the only one who finds this ironic?

benatkin 16y ago
No. The ruby community just attracts more language snobs than most languages, and unfortunately, tolerates them. In reality the people who make sweeping negative generalizations about PHP developers are a vocal minority. In reality, most rubyists acknowledge that there are plenty of good PHP developers and plenty of bad Ruby developers.
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  - smokinn 16y ago
    Because people can only have a background in one language? I think you're the one missing benatkin's point and proving yourself to be one of the language snobs he mentioned. Good developers are good developers. In your own quote it says he has 8 years of PHP experience. Sure, he has a really good Ruby background but it looks like he has a really good PHP background as well.

kingofspain 16y ago

Hoping to get a beta invite for this (I filled in the forms!) - it looks like it could be perfect for some things I had lined up but the site is a bit short on specifics, which I guess is understandable at the moment. It's nice to see things like this popping up for PHP. I was starting to feel like I'd been left alone here while all the kids go play Ruby.