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We evaluated render, fly, and digitalocean app platform. Went for the last one. It's mostly fine, the main issue is if you need to customize the app.yaml and th

We evaluated render, fly, and digitalocean app platform. Went for the last one. It's mostly fine, the main issue is if you need to customize the app.yaml and then update any UI setting, it will overwrite the customizations. They're aware of it and are working on fixing. Ideally I wish we could store the app.yaml in our app repo itself and have it version controlled as well.

endorphine 5y ago
Interesting! Can you elaborate on what made you choose DO over the others?
- bberenberg 5y ago
  I wanted a bit more control over how backend processes worked. Our specific architectural requirements were easiest to implement with DO. Also, they have more locations, so if we want to have multi region we felt it would be easier on DO.
  - anurag 5y ago
    (Render CEO) what kind of backend controls would you like in Render? FWIW, we now have 4 regions in GA and will continue to add more over time.
    - bberenberg 5y ago
      Responded via email.
aosaigh 5y ago
Also using Digital Ocean App Platform. It's good once you understand it and get up-and-running, but their documentation and interface isn't good (yet). I would recommend trying to use Dockerfiles and their doctl CLI tool, as the web interface is confusing and limited.
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logankeenan 5y ago
How’s the build time now for deployments? I tried DO app platform in the fall of 2021 and the time to deploy was very long. 20+ minutes for barebones Rails app.
- bberenberg 5y ago
  Slower than I would like. But this wasn't a particularly important to our requirements. I would much rather they focus on allowing us to manage app config via code for example.
atmosx 5y ago
Out of curiosity how many rps you serve and how is reliability wise?
- bberenberg 5y ago
  Good question about RPS, not really sure. We run the smallest VM resource size and it works fine for what we do. We're going to be leaning into more monitoring this year so we will hopefully have better answers to this questions. Reliability, I would say it's the same as the rest of DO. Good enough for my small business purposes.

endorphine 5y ago

Interesting! Can you elaborate on what made you choose DO over the others?

bberenberg 5y ago
I wanted a bit more control over how backend processes worked. Our specific architectural requirements were easiest to implement with DO. Also, they have more locations, so if we want to have multi region we felt it would be easier on DO.
- anurag 5y ago
  (Render CEO) what kind of backend controls would you like in Render? FWIW, we now have 4 regions in GA and will continue to add more over time.
  - bberenberg 5y ago
    Responded via email.

aosaigh 5y ago

Also using Digital Ocean App Platform. It's good once you understand it and get up-and-running, but their documentation and interface isn't good (yet). I would recommend trying to use Dockerfiles and their doctl CLI tool, as the web interface is confusing and limited.

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logankeenan 5y ago

How’s the build time now for deployments? I tried DO app platform in the fall of 2021 and the time to deploy was very long. 20+ minutes for barebones Rails app.

bberenberg 5y ago
Slower than I would like. But this wasn't a particularly important to our requirements. I would much rather they focus on allowing us to manage app config via code for example.

atmosx 5y ago

Out of curiosity how many rps you serve and how is reliability wise?

bberenberg 5y ago
Good question about RPS, not really sure. We run the smallest VM resource size and it works fine for what we do. We're going to be leaning into more monitoring this year so we will hopefully have better answers to this questions. Reliability, I would say it's the same as the rest of DO. Good enough for my small business purposes.