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> A typical web app requires a database, storage or caching backend, which can get complicated to run with Heroku. Plainly wrong. Easiest thing ever to spin a

> A typical web app requires a database, storage or caching backend, which can get complicated to run with Heroku. Plainly wrong. Easiest thing ever to spin a pg instance for free and have it immediately available for your app to use. Better Heroku? Does it let you use a pipeline of dev, staging and prod? Does it auto create new copies of your app (db and other services included!) every time you issue a pull request? Does it destroy those apps/services when you merge to master? Does it let you push to prod with one button? Integrated logs viewable on the web ui? Hell, integrated bash to a copy of your app in the web ui? Oh I forgot testing... webhooks... access control for other devs... Better Heroku. Pathetic

rattray 6y ago
This was a great comment until the mean-spirited last word.
- ameen 6y ago
  Some folks don’t take kindly to lofty claims and name-dropping just to rile up interest. I’ve run production apps on Heroku in the past, best possible service for small teams. Gitlab? Given how expensive it is - I’m not so sure.
  - ZephyrBlu 6y ago
    Yeah, if you write a promotional post for technical people (I don't know who else this post would be for) you should expect to be called out on your bullshit.
- sytse 6y ago
  I’ll ignore the last word. The article doesn’t do a great job of showing it, but the 5 minute production app makes it easier to setup stateful services on the hyper clouds. And it does spin up a new environment for every merge request.
  - funnygitlab 6y ago
    > I’ll ignore the last word. I dont think you should. Being the CEO of the company which published this blog, the last thing you should do is ignore a genuine review of what quality that blog post is.
- funnygitlab 6y ago
  It's not a mean spirited word. Gitlab and their army of users who post here at HN and bash their "competitors" have earned this. See their past threads where they have done a similar thing against github.

rattray 6y ago

This was a great comment until the mean-spirited last word.

ameen 6y ago
Some folks don’t take kindly to lofty claims and name-dropping just to rile up interest. I’ve run production apps on Heroku in the past, best possible service for small teams. Gitlab? Given how expensive it is - I’m not so sure.
- ZephyrBlu 6y ago
  Yeah, if you write a promotional post for technical people (I don't know who else this post would be for) you should expect to be called out on your bullshit.
sytse 6y ago
I’ll ignore the last word. The article doesn’t do a great job of showing it, but the 5 minute production app makes it easier to setup stateful services on the hyper clouds. And it does spin up a new environment for every merge request.
- funnygitlab 6y ago
  > I’ll ignore the last word. I dont think you should. Being the CEO of the company which published this blog, the last thing you should do is ignore a genuine review of what quality that blog post is.
funnygitlab 6y ago
It's not a mean spirited word. Gitlab and their army of users who post here at HN and bash their "competitors" have earned this. See their past threads where they have done a similar thing against github.