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I was looking at render as an alternative to heroku the other day and I think that the only thing that made me think that I would definitely stick with heroku f

I was looking at render as an alternative to heroku the other day and I think that the only thing that made me think that I would definitely stick with heroku for now was the point-in-time restores for heroku postgres, which render seems to lack at present. A point-in-time restore really saved me once (allowed recovery of important data after an accidental delete), but I am interested to know if other think I am over-blowing their significance in a production system? Are there other strategies which make PIT backups less important?

anurag 6y ago
(Render founder) PITR is critical, and it's up there on our 2021 TODOs along with HA Postgres.
- snake_case 6y ago
  I've been thinking about switching to Render recently, but there's one feature blocking me: the ability to deploy an existing docker image from a private registry [1]. As far as I can tell, you have to connect a repo to deploy a Render service.. and monorepos are not fully supported yet either. Is your 2021 roadmap public, or is Canny your official roadmap? Really interested to see what's coming soon :) [1]: https://feedback.render.com/features/p/deploy-docker-images-from-public-private-registries https://feedback.render.com/features/p/deploy-docker-images-... Btw, I've been working at Canny for the past year and was pleasantly surprised to see your feedback site!
  - adav 6y ago
    I recently noticed that DigitalOcean App Platform allows you to pull an image from a private DO registry. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet but I’m excited to see if it might allow me to delete some CI/CD infrastructure glue code. Last time I tried Render I couldn’t find a way of easily deploying an existing image.
    - snake_case 6y ago
      Yeah, DigitalOcean's App Platform recently added support for custom images this year [1] (I was also waiting for that). I'm currently running a $5 droplet for my service [2] powered by docker-compose, but really looking forward to deleting some bash scripts and going all in on Render or Fly.io :) [1]: https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/introducing-bring-your-own-container-image-workflow-for-digitalocean-app-platform/ https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/introducing-bring-your-own... [2]: https://puzzlepanda.com https://puzzlepanda.com
  - anurag 6y ago
    feedback.render.com is as close to a public roadmap as we'll get. Big fan of Canny: it plays a big role in our product prioritization. Private registries likely in 2021; we're actively hiring! https://render.com/jobs https://render.com/jobs
- bizzleDawg 6y ago
  Thanks for the response! Great to know it's on the way

anurag 6y ago

(Render founder) PITR is critical, and it's up there on our 2021 TODOs along with HA Postgres.

snake_case 6y ago
I've been thinking about switching to Render recently, but there's one feature blocking me: the ability to deploy an existing docker image from a private registry [1]. As far as I can tell, you have to connect a repo to deploy a Render service.. and monorepos are not fully supported yet either. Is your 2021 roadmap public, or is Canny your official roadmap? Really interested to see what's coming soon :) [1]: https://feedback.render.com/features/p/deploy-docker-images-from-public-private-registries https://feedback.render.com/features/p/deploy-docker-images-... Btw, I've been working at Canny for the past year and was pleasantly surprised to see your feedback site!
- adav 6y ago
  I recently noticed that DigitalOcean App Platform allows you to pull an image from a private DO registry. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet but I’m excited to see if it might allow me to delete some CI/CD infrastructure glue code. Last time I tried Render I couldn’t find a way of easily deploying an existing image.
  - snake_case 6y ago
    Yeah, DigitalOcean's App Platform recently added support for custom images this year [1] (I was also waiting for that). I'm currently running a $5 droplet for my service [2] powered by docker-compose, but really looking forward to deleting some bash scripts and going all in on Render or Fly.io :) [1]: https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/introducing-bring-your-own-container-image-workflow-for-digitalocean-app-platform/ https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/introducing-bring-your-own... [2]: https://puzzlepanda.com https://puzzlepanda.com
- anurag 6y ago
  feedback.render.com is as close to a public roadmap as we'll get. Big fan of Canny: it plays a big role in our product prioritization. Private registries likely in 2021; we're actively hiring! https://render.com/jobs https://render.com/jobs
bizzleDawg 6y ago
Thanks for the response! Great to know it's on the way