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   by anurag 5y ago

   (Render founder) Happy to answer questions!
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   by anurag 5y ago

   We (Render) announced our $20 million Series A yesterday: https://render.com/blog/render-series-a . Why not $150M? All these companies were founded ~4 years before Render and it takes time to build to the point where th
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   by anurag 5y ago

   Great point and clearly coming from experience! This is partly why we moved on from Vultr and Equinix Metal. We'll blog about our new setup soon.
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   by anurag 5y ago

   (Render CEO) We're targeting early next year, but it might be sooner if we can hire faster!
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   by anurag 5y ago

   We had to change the title to reflect HN guidelines: > If the title includes the name of the site, please take it out, because the site name will be displayed after the link. I agree with the Kubernetes indictment, but at this point, AWS
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   by anurag 5y ago

   The biggest things ended up being Managed Redis, APAC regions, and SSH access, all of which would be available later this year. We'll likely start working on object storage early next year.
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   by anurag 5y ago

   (Render founder/post author) Thanks. We already have features Heroku apps don't [1]; with many more features in the pipeline, it'll only get easier to convince your customers even if you ignore the huge cost difference. [1]
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   The not-so-hidden cost of AWS(render.com)

   36 points by anurag 5y ago|13 comments
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   by anurag 5y ago

   While this is an impressive technical achievement, it's worth taking a step back to ask why IAM needs to serve 400M API calls every second when AWS has between one and two million active users. How would this number change if IAM wer
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    by anurag 5y ago

    Makes sense. Thanks for the article and explanation.
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    by anurag 5y ago

    > Hey anurag, big fan of Render! Thanks Connor! Did you consider creating CNAME records with your existing DNS provider to point to the target cluster proxy for each repl.co subdomain?
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    by anurag 5y ago

    Interesting! How do you handle apex custom domains with registrars that require an A record?
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    by anurag 5y ago

    It's not just CI providers: we're seeing the same thing on Render ( https://render.com ) and I bet Heroku and AWS are all equally impacted.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    > I love the service Thanks! We will absolutely expand beyond Oregon and Frankfurt later this year. Our infrastructure was built to be cloud agnostic: we run on AWS, GCP, and Equinix Metal.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Great article and certainly worth an update! Specifically for Render, you can now: 1. Specify a TTL on inactive PRs 2. Pick less expensive plans for preview services.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Testing in 'production' has been possible for a while: Heroku has Review Apps, and Render (where I work) has Preview Environments [1] that spin up a high-fidelity isolated copy of your production stack on every PR and tear it down
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Could you please email support@render.com? We’ll get you up and running ASAP.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    feedback.render.com is as close to a public roadmap as we'll get. Big fan of Canny: it plays a big role in our product prioritization. Private registries likely in 2021; we're actively hiring! https://render.com/jo
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    by anurag 6y ago

    (Render founder) PITR is critical, and it's up there on our 2021 TODOs along with HA Postgres.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Manual scaling is already in GA, and horizontal autoscaling is already available! Get in touch at support@render.com to get early access.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    (Render founder) This is incredible work, and underscores the reason Render exists and is recommended by OP. Everything mentioned in the post is baked into Render already: * Automatic DNS, SSL, and Load Balancing * Automated rollouts and ro
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Good to know! What made you switch?
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Thanks for the plug! Here's our (admittedly biased) Render vs Heroku comparison: we're not just cheaper; we're a better fit for how applications are built today. https://render.com/render-vs-heroku-comparison
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    by anurag 6y ago

    (Render founder) the current Redis setup is one-click and zero maintenance, but we're also planning to launch a fully managed Redis later this year.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Sorry to hear about the lack of VC interest. I'm the founder at Render ( https://render.com ) and would love to chat and compare notes. Email in profile.
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    by anurag 6y ago

    (Render founder) We're getting there. What are the biggest blockers for you right now?
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Kata Containers sidestep this issue by running Kubernetes containers as lightweight VMs. Same for Firecracker. Did the team consider microVM solutions?
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Just came across this comment (I work at Render). We did have 2 hours of downtime on 9/11 but it was the only big uptime incident in 2020, and we haven't had any major incidents since (even when AWS was down for 5+ hours). We&#x27
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    by anurag 6y ago

    If you're up for doing us a favor, I'd love to learn about the UX specifics we fell short on. Email is my username @render.com. Thank you!
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    by anurag 6y ago

    Render runs on multiple VM providers (including GCP and AWS), and soon on bare metal. More info on geographies here: https://render.com/docs/regions