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Haven't used render.com for long, but it looks very promising so far, not just pricing wise. One of the biggest appeals to me is their simplified, docker-compo

by smoe 5y ago

Haven't used render.com for long, but it looks very promising so far, not just pricing wise. One of the biggest appeals to me is their simplified, docker-compose like approach to infrastructure as code. Even if I only have a few services, dbs, etc. I still like to have it as code under version control, but things like Pulumi or Terraform are way overkill https://render.com/docs/blueprint-spec https://render.com/docs/blueprint-spec There are still various quality of life improvements I'd like to see, but to me they are on a very attractive path

FemmeAndroid 5y ago
Wow, I was just talking to someone about how I'd love to be able to define all of the parts of our Heroku infrastructure in code. I've been going down the Terraform route but I think it's just too complicated for our team. Render's blueprint spec is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much for pointing it out.
- asolove 5y ago
  I'm glad this idea resonates with you. Please take a look and send feedback on docs or features improvements we could make!
  - FemmeAndroid 5y ago
    I'll convert one or two small applications over to you and I'll be sure to reach out. Thanks!
asolove 5y ago
Hey there, Adam from Render here, I manage our product eng team. Could you say more about the quality of life improvements you'd like to see? Or happy to chat with you or anyone else with suggestions. I'm adam@render.com.
- smoe 5y ago
  Thanks for the offer! Will write bit more details later on when I have time, so briefly: Maybe it is less about new/improved features, I strongly prefer a focused product over one that tries to fulfill everyones whims, but more about guidance on for example for a small team what you think is the “best” way for them to integrate render.com into their dev workflows with typical stacks. How to solve the most common needs and what kind of things are out of scope for render to solve and what could be used instead. For an opinionated tool, it could be a bit clearer, what its opinions are. I think lot the information is already there, but it is quite scattered around between docs, feature request pages and forums.

by smoe 5y ago

FemmeAndroid 5y ago

Wow, I was just talking to someone about how I'd love to be able to define all of the parts of our Heroku infrastructure in code. I've been going down the Terraform route but I think it's just too complicated for our team. Render's blueprint spec is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much for pointing it out.

asolove 5y ago
I'm glad this idea resonates with you. Please take a look and send feedback on docs or features improvements we could make!
- FemmeAndroid 5y ago
  I'll convert one or two small applications over to you and I'll be sure to reach out. Thanks!

asolove 5y ago

Hey there, Adam from Render here, I manage our product eng team. Could you say more about the quality of life improvements you'd like to see? Or happy to chat with you or anyone else with suggestions. I'm adam@render.com.

smoe 5y ago
Thanks for the offer! Will write bit more details later on when I have time, so briefly: Maybe it is less about new/improved features, I strongly prefer a focused product over one that tries to fulfill everyones whims, but more about guidance on for example for a small team what you think is the “best” way for them to integrate render.com into their dev workflows with typical stacks. How to solve the most common needs and what kind of things are out of scope for render to solve and what could be used instead. For an opinionated tool, it could be a bit clearer, what its opinions are. I think lot the information is already there, but it is quite scattered around between docs, feature request pages and forums.