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I just saw this e-mail. Oh, days of free hosting, I knew you were numbered! ;) These guys are super cool, and I'm not just saying that because they currently ho

I just saw this e-mail. Oh, days of free hosting, I knew you were numbered! ;) These guys are super cool, and I'm not just saying that because they currently host my side project (http://muxamp.com/ http://muxamp.com/). Nodester's software is super easy to use, works great, and makes nice use of Git. Chris Matthieu and co. deserve recognition for their work.

malachismith 14y ago
AppFog is actually free for 2GB of RAM....
- fruchtose 14y ago
  Thanks for letting me know! I got the impression hosting would become a paid service from this paragraph in the announcement email: "As part of the AppFog family, Nodester users will now be able to use the same PaaS for their Ruby and Java apps that they use for their Node apps. It brings the serious support and operational excellence of AppFog to our users, enabling them to run production and enterprise workloads on their developer PaaS. Perhaps most significant of all - it allows Nodester users to deploy apps to a wide range of different IaaS providers - at a highly competitive price" (emphasis is mine).
  - krobertson 14y ago
    You pay if you go over 2GB usage. If your apps only use a single instance and <64mb RAM, you could have 32 apps before paying.
- JeremyMorgan 14y ago
  Exactly and that's plenty of sandbox to play around in. I have a few apps set up with them right now, nowhere near my limit. AppFog has a ton of options, and their setup is super easy. Deploying apps is as simple as doing a git push and the service is super fast. I am a total fanboy.
  - noformnocontent 14y ago
    Is this a social media expert consultant robo-comment? Coz i read it in "the Fred" voice, and it sounded "right".
    - JeremyMorgan 14y ago
      I'm not a robot, or a social media expert consultant, whatever that is.
- davedx 14y ago
  Awesome news! This actually cements my choice of nodester for now :)
cmatthieu 14y ago
Thanks! It's been an open source project of love for over 1.5 years. The future of Node.JS with AppFog and Nodester are very bright. Hack the planet!
- malachismith 14y ago
  Congrats man!! Deserved and earned!
- js4all 14y ago
  Congrats Chris, this is big. We at Cloudnode know the value of Nodester for a long time now. Thanks for helping us to you and the team.
wamatt 14y ago
Been using Nodejitsu and Heroku, but been meaning to try going self-hosted PaaS. My possibly flawed perception, is that it's cheaper, but one has less support and more work, going that route. Whether that's true or not, I'm unsure.
- justincormack 14y ago
  "Platform as a service". If you self host its just a platform! It is true though that you can automate and provide yourself an infrastructure and keep separation of concerns.

malachismith 14y ago

AppFog is actually free for 2GB of RAM....

fruchtose 14y ago
Thanks for letting me know! I got the impression hosting would become a paid service from this paragraph in the announcement email: "As part of the AppFog family, Nodester users will now be able to use the same PaaS for their Ruby and Java apps that they use for their Node apps. It brings the serious support and operational excellence of AppFog to our users, enabling them to run production and enterprise workloads on their developer PaaS. Perhaps most significant of all - it allows Nodester users to deploy apps to a wide range of different IaaS providers - at a highly competitive price" (emphasis is mine).
- krobertson 14y ago
  You pay if you go over 2GB usage. If your apps only use a single instance and <64mb RAM, you could have 32 apps before paying.
JeremyMorgan 14y ago
Exactly and that's plenty of sandbox to play around in. I have a few apps set up with them right now, nowhere near my limit. AppFog has a ton of options, and their setup is super easy. Deploying apps is as simple as doing a git push and the service is super fast. I am a total fanboy.
- noformnocontent 14y ago
  Is this a social media expert consultant robo-comment? Coz i read it in "the Fred" voice, and it sounded "right".
  - JeremyMorgan 14y ago
    I'm not a robot, or a social media expert consultant, whatever that is.
davedx 14y ago
Awesome news! This actually cements my choice of nodester for now :)

cmatthieu 14y ago

Thanks! It's been an open source project of love for over 1.5 years. The future of Node.JS with AppFog and Nodester are very bright. Hack the planet!

malachismith 14y ago
Congrats man!! Deserved and earned!
js4all 14y ago
Congrats Chris, this is big. We at Cloudnode know the value of Nodester for a long time now. Thanks for helping us to you and the team.

wamatt 14y ago

Been using Nodejitsu and Heroku, but been meaning to try going self-hosted PaaS. My possibly flawed perception, is that it's cheaper, but one has less support and more work, going that route. Whether that's true or not, I'm unsure.

justincormack 14y ago
"Platform as a service". If you self host its just a platform! It is true though that you can automate and provide yourself an infrastructure and keep separation of concerns.