Comment on Ask HN: Why does Reddit.com always complain about resources: Why not use GAE?Comments−mikerhoads15yGoogle Appengine has a lot of limitations and is still sees frequent downtime. GAE is simply not a viable solution for a site with Reddit's traffic at this time.−rgbrgb15yActually, the bulk of those limitations are a thing of the past:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-f...−_quesOP15y"Google Appengine has a lot of limitations"Well, that is kind of exactly what this question is asking, right?"and is still sees frequent downtime."Ok, so downtime is a valid reason."GAE is simply not a viable solution for a site with reddit's traffic at this time."Again, not sure if I can learn anything from this sentence.−mikerhoads15yThis was on the front page of HN a couple weeks ago and can answer better than me: http://www.carlosble.com/?p=719
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Google Appengine has a lot of limitations and is still sees frequent downtime. GAE is simply not a viable solution for a site with Reddit's traffic at this time.
Actually, the bulk of those limitations are a thing of the past:
http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-f...
"Google Appengine has a lot of limitations"
Well, that is kind of exactly what this question is asking, right?
"and is still sees frequent downtime."
Ok, so downtime is a valid reason.
"GAE is simply not a viable solution for a site with reddit's traffic at this time."
Again, not sure if I can learn anything from this sentence.
This was on the front page of HN a couple weeks ago and can answer better than me: http://www.carlosble.com/?p=719