True, I noticed that too. I mean, how low do you value your time to not pay $7/mo for your a project you are spending significant time on?
On the other hand... there is a ton of intangible value in the form of knowledge to be gained from switching tech stacks and hosting platforms. So another way to look at it is, this is a chance to re-evaluate and potentially upgrade your tech stack or skils.
Which is not what I got from TFA, more like their local bar no longer giving away free buffalo wings because people weren’t buying drinks so now they’re shopping for new happy hour specials.
About a month ago I found a tiny VPS for ~$11 for two years which could easily host a pet node app if I were into that sort of thing. $5.50 a year I think it is.
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True, I noticed that too. I mean, how low do you value your time to not pay $7/mo for your a project you are spending significant time on?
On the other hand... there is a ton of intangible value in the form of knowledge to be gained from switching tech stacks and hosting platforms. So another way to look at it is, this is a chance to re-evaluate and potentially upgrade your tech stack or skils.
Which is not what I got from TFA, more like their local bar no longer giving away free buffalo wings because people weren’t buying drinks so now they’re shopping for new happy hour specials.
About a month ago I found a tiny VPS for ~$11 for two years which could easily host a pet node app if I were into that sort of thing. $5.50 a year I think it is.
So all these "Oh noes Heroku!" posts appearing on HN are over $7/month?
Sigh.
Well most of them (including TFA) are talking about multiple hobby projects. If you've got 5 or so hobby projects, that can start to be a bit much.