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Heroku is really just AWS with convenience, isn't it? I'm not sure what else they do - but I guess that "convenience" is worth it for some.
by prezjordan 14y ago
Heroku is really just AWS with convenience, isn't it? I'm not sure what else they do - but I guess that "convenience" is worth it for some.
- zrail 14y agoThe convenience is totally worth it for prototypes and very early stage startups. The less work I do on a system level is more time I can spend on my startup. Once you move past that, because your app is well structured you can easily deploy on your own hardware.
- gridaphobe 14y agoIs it possible to launch using just a single dyno and heavy caching/optimization?
- adrianpike 14y agoDepending on what you need to do to show off the product, absolutely. A static landing page should withstand just about anything you throw at it.
- oellegaard 14y agoThey will shut down your instance, if you don't use it for an hour or two - and then it will take like 8-10 seconds to load it again. If you can live with that, I guess that would work, yes.
- gkop 14y agoThere are very, very easy ways around this.
- citizens 14y agoOne being a service like http://uptimerobot.com/ http://uptimerobot.com/ that pings the site every 5 minutes
- dblock 14y agoFrom what I see, when you have a single dyno, Heroku deploys you to a different environment sandbox called "development". Typically that has less uptime and takes lots of upgrades all the time with interesting consequences. I believe they promote to "production" applications much less frequently.
- thinkbohemian 14y agoHeroku employee here, don't abuse the free. It's there for a design/prototyping/staging and as long as people don't abuse it will stay that way.
- kmfrk 14y agoYou pretty much just described the concept of PaaS. :)
- jasonmccay 14y agoReally? Do you work on your own car? Is it because you think you aren't smart enough to do it or because you think that spending your time on other efforts is a more valuable configuration? AWS is the electric company. Heroku tends to be the circuitry, outlets and light switches for your house. You may take it for granted because it looks so simple, but it's the simplicity that makes it great. As PaaS providers begin to mature and turn attention to more worthy challenges (like geo-agnostic deployments, easier scaling, for example), then their value is only going to increase.
- prezjordan 14y agoRight, I was not disrespecting Heroku in any way - I truly do not know what product they sell. That being said, great analogy.