anurag

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   by anurag 4y ago

   Re: Postgres, what we actually want is to offer perpetually free Postgres where multiple free customers can use the same underlying instance to make the economics work. The 90-day limit is a stopgap to make sure we're not bleeding mone
2. 152.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   This wasn't meant to be sneaky! We're iterating on the design of the page and this is good feedback. We'll make it clearer.
3. 153.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   (Render employee) Our free tier is actually quite constrained (e.g. your apps go to sleep if they're not getting traffic, builds are slower, etc). But if it works for you, great!
4. 154.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   (Render founder) agreed and great feedback. We're working hard to get there.
5. 155.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   (I work at Render) You don't need to use Docker to run your app on Render. Just a build command or script which can do anything (e.g. `npm build`) unlike buildpacks which force you into a specific way of doing things. If you've tr
6. 156.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   One of our users migrated their Nightscout setup to Render recently. Here's the render.yaml (our Infra-as-Code file): https://github.com/ianchesal/cgm-remote-monitor/blob/render-... It uses the Dockerfil
7. 157.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   (Render employee) you were likely on the free tier; deploy speed for paid services is similar to Heroku or faster.
8. 158.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   Thanks! Re: Env Groups, not yet, but we are overhauling the new service flow and will definitely incorporate adding env groups.
9. 159.▲
   by anurag 4y ago

   Thanks for the heads up and good to hear you were able to deploy the app manually. We might deprecate the migrator because it's hard to keep up with all the Heroku stack and buildpack configs and because manual migrations are relativel
10. 160.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    Understood on data transfer out of the EU. It's high up on our list. Also very happy to share details on CF encryption over email (support@render.com).
11. 161.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    (Render founder) Stuff like ^ worries me even more. What keeps me sane is our engineering team obsessing over reliability, and learning from every single incident, no matter how small. We're improving every day.
12. 162.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    Re: Render + Cloudflare, all data is encrypted all the way to Render. What is the specific issue you're referring to?
13. 163.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    We are actively working on Postgres HA and PITR at Render and hope to have them both available this summer.
14. 164.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    (Render founder) I'm very sorry you ran into these issues. I'll follow up with the team and get back to you over email. We obviously have work to do, but I should note that we do use Render ourselves every day (render.com and dash
15. 165.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    Render integrates with Gitlab repos, and you can use deploy hooks from any CI provider (including gitlab-ci): https://render.com/docs/deploy-hooks We don't have a Canadian region yet, but we'll get there!
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    by anurag 4y ago

    Sorry about that. It sounds like you're on the free plan which is somewhat underpowered vs Heroku right now. Still, definitely not the experience we hope to provide and I'd love to learn more. Email in profile.
17. 167.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    (Render employee) We currently use AWS, GCP, and Cloudflare under the hood.
18. 168.▲
    by anurag 4y ago

    (Render founder) I haven't seen a single Render employee or investor post on HN about the Heroku incident; this comment is the first we've participated in any discussion on the topic. I'd love to see links if you can share.
19. 169.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    Thanks. We'll add info around free plan build speeds in the dashboard and docs.
20. 170.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    (Render founder) Were you trying the free tier? Builds are significantly faster on paid plans. I'd certainly appreciate more context: email in profile.
21. 171.▲
    Taking Hashrocket's “Ultimate Elixir CI” to the Next Level(felt.com)

    4 points by anurag 5y ago|0 comments
22. 172.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    (Render founder, Supabase fan) You can use both! Render will always be developer-focused even as we move into the enterprise. It's the only way to avoid Heroku's fate.
23. 173.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    US Virginia, because Heroku users migrating to Render want to test their Render apps against a Heroku us-east1 DB before moving data over. Which AWS/GCP regions do you typically use for Spain?
24. 174.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    It should be for most setups. https://render.com/docs/redirects-rewrites has details.
25. 175.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    Noted. Our intent is more 'you don't have to worry about it' vs. 'you're too dumb to do it yourself'.
26. 176.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    Interestingly, Heroku improved and grew quite a bit after the acquisition (2010), but ultimately, getting acquired was a personal/financial decision for the founders: https://twitter.com/_adamwiggins_/status/1
27. 177.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    In case it helps, we announced $20M funding round in December: https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/22/render-secures-20m-series-...
28. 178.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    This is valid and helpful feedback; it also validates our priorities because we have ongoing projects to address each of these points.
29. 179.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    If you can write a Dockerfile for your Java app, it can run on Render without issues.
30. 180.▲
    by anurag 5y ago

    Mind pointing me to the podcast? Cloudflare is quite easy to set up in front of Render now.