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People here underestimate google app engine a lot. But I doubt if there is better one person Saas service out there.

by iamgopal 6y ago

stanmancan 6y ago
Digital Ocean is fantastic.
- crazy1van 6y ago
  Would you mind being more specific? Is it the price / functionality balance that makes DO fantastic?
  - stanmancan 6y ago
    Price and functionality. It’s incredibly easy to use, unlike AWS and Google Cloud. The downfall is that you have a bit less control, but that’s never been an issue for me. Their servers have been incredibly reliable, they offer managed databases now, load balancer, S3 compatible Spaces. Everything I’ve needed so far, predictable and affordable pricing, and none of the complexity.
- rory 6y ago
  Agreed, would have gone with their managed app platform if I was using one of the supported techs. For search I use a $5/mo meilisearch DO droplet that took almost no time to set up and I never have to pay attention to.
  - WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
    I'd actually use Caprover then manage my services using that... it's as close to a self-managed platform as you can get for one-click deploys.
- devops000 6y ago
  Digital Ocean + Cloud66
srg0 6y ago
Re: google app engine. Is it possible to set a cap on how much resources are used?
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
mmargerum 6y ago
I'm not a big fan of google but i have to say that GAE solves a lot of problems I don't want to deal with.
hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
If you haven't checked out App Engine in a while, you really should. Especially check out the App Engine "Flexible" editions, which make it really easy to run on App Engine withOUT getting locked in. I run a NodeJS GraphQL server in App Engine Flexible, and it is basically just like running it in a Docker container. It's also pretty trivial to run in Google Cloud Run if I so desired, there is even a tool to assist: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/app-engine-cloud-run-converter https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/app-engine-cloud-run-...
- spyspy 6y ago
  If you're just now looking in to GAE, you should likely be using Cloud Run instead. My company is busily migrating everything there and reaping the benefits.
  - riku_iki 6y ago
    So, this what scares me: in 5 years someone using GAE would be busy with two migrations: classic GAE -> flexible GAE -> and now cloud run?..
    - lupire 6y ago
      If you want to upgrade your architecture.
    - spyspy 6y ago
      GAE Flex is super old at this point and I've never personally met someone who migrated between them (they're pretty different offerings imho). Moving between either GAE to Run has been pretty seamless though.
    - hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
      Converting (it's more of a conversion than a migration) from flexible GAE to cloud run is super easy, check out the conversion tool I posted in my previous comment. Basically, your code shouldn't really need to change at all, it's really just your deployment scripts and configs that need to be updated. At their heart flexible GAE and cloud run are both just running Docker containers.
rtsil 6y ago
App engine (and Google's cloud in general) is pretty fantastic. I find it much easier to navigate and use than AWS (as someone whose day job isn't running infra on clouds), and I would have gladly put my side projects in there and recommended it to my clients... if only it wasn't Google and its history of randomly locking people out of their Google account, thus the entire Google ecosystem, without appeal.

People here underestimate google app engine a lot. But I doubt if there is better one person Saas service out there.

stanmancan 6y ago

Digital Ocean is fantastic.

crazy1van 6y ago
Would you mind being more specific? Is it the price / functionality balance that makes DO fantastic?
- stanmancan 6y ago
  Price and functionality. It’s incredibly easy to use, unlike AWS and Google Cloud. The downfall is that you have a bit less control, but that’s never been an issue for me. Their servers have been incredibly reliable, they offer managed databases now, load balancer, S3 compatible Spaces. Everything I’ve needed so far, predictable and affordable pricing, and none of the complexity.
rory 6y ago
Agreed, would have gone with their managed app platform if I was using one of the supported techs. For search I use a $5/mo meilisearch DO droplet that took almost no time to set up and I never have to pay attention to.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
  I'd actually use Caprover then manage my services using that... it's as close to a self-managed platform as you can get for one-click deploys.
devops000 6y ago
Digital Ocean + Cloud66

srg0 6y ago

Re: google app engine. Is it possible to set a cap on how much resources are used?

deleted 6y ago
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mmargerum 6y ago

I'm not a big fan of google but i have to say that GAE solves a lot of problems I don't want to deal with.

hn_throwaway_99 6y ago

If you haven't checked out App Engine in a while, you really should. Especially check out the App Engine "Flexible" editions, which make it really easy to run on App Engine withOUT getting locked in. I run a NodeJS GraphQL server in App Engine Flexible, and it is basically just like running it in a Docker container. It's also pretty trivial to run in Google Cloud Run if I so desired, there is even a tool to assist: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/app-engine-cloud-run-converter https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/app-engine-cloud-run-...

spyspy 6y ago
If you're just now looking in to GAE, you should likely be using Cloud Run instead. My company is busily migrating everything there and reaping the benefits.
- riku_iki 6y ago
  So, this what scares me: in 5 years someone using GAE would be busy with two migrations: classic GAE -> flexible GAE -> and now cloud run?..
  - lupire 6y ago
    If you want to upgrade your architecture.
  - spyspy 6y ago
    GAE Flex is super old at this point and I've never personally met someone who migrated between them (they're pretty different offerings imho). Moving between either GAE to Run has been pretty seamless though.
  - hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
    Converting (it's more of a conversion than a migration) from flexible GAE to cloud run is super easy, check out the conversion tool I posted in my previous comment. Basically, your code shouldn't really need to change at all, it's really just your deployment scripts and configs that need to be updated. At their heart flexible GAE and cloud run are both just running Docker containers.

rtsil 6y ago

App engine (and Google's cloud in general) is pretty fantastic. I find it much easier to navigate and use than AWS (as someone whose day job isn't running infra on clouds), and I would have gladly put my side projects in there and recommended it to my clients... if only it wasn't Google and its history of randomly locking people out of their Google account, thus the entire Google ecosystem, without appeal.