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I'm a customer on DO as a small business (mobile game). I wanted some linux servers that I have control over, and I wanted a managed database where someone does

by jdance 7y ago

I'm a customer on DO as a small business (mobile game). I wanted some linux servers that I have control over, and I wanted a managed database where someone does backups for me. I also wanted simplicity and a nice UI. I didn't even compare prices, I just thought it was a good deal and didn't look back. At first I tried Heroku but it was too much adapting our application to their way of doing things. DO is just hyper-simple for me. So, thanks DO :)

WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
Heroku was really built for Web Apps (especially Rails)
- YourMatt 7y ago
  Aren't they just a middleman for AWS anyway?
  - hnzix 7y ago
    AWS is infrastructure as a service (IaaS). You need to worry about load balancers, backup scripts, firewalls etc. Ie you need a plausible sysadmin to run it. Even Elastic Beanstalk requires some sysadmin. Heroku is platform as a service (PaaS). It abstracts away the complexity of AWS. The base cost is more expensive than raw AWS but you don't need to source and pay for a sysadmin. AWS, Heroku and DO aren't "better" than each other, they serve different use cases.
    - serverQuestion 7y ago
      I have been dreaming of running my own heroku like interface on a DO droplet. Just for small sites, side projects and such. With heroku you need to pay to keep things running, though sadly with DO you need to do a lot of sysadmin work to keep things running.
      - slig 7y ago
        Have you tried Dokku?
      - jdance 7y ago
        After failing with Heroku we migrated to using Dokku on DO. And yes it is more work to do it ourselves, I didn't want to do that but here we are :) It was not a lot of work, dokku is really nice, but it was/is some work. I was hoping for almost no sysadmin work but that didn't happen.
        WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
        Caprover's probably the closest I've experienced, but there was still a bit to do.
      - WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
        What... no. Install Caprover or Flynn or any of a dozen systems that provide Heroku-like functionality.

by jdance 7y ago

WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago

Heroku was really built for Web Apps (especially Rails)

YourMatt 7y ago
Aren't they just a middleman for AWS anyway?
- hnzix 7y ago
  AWS is infrastructure as a service (IaaS). You need to worry about load balancers, backup scripts, firewalls etc. Ie you need a plausible sysadmin to run it. Even Elastic Beanstalk requires some sysadmin. Heroku is platform as a service (PaaS). It abstracts away the complexity of AWS. The base cost is more expensive than raw AWS but you don't need to source and pay for a sysadmin. AWS, Heroku and DO aren't "better" than each other, they serve different use cases.
  - serverQuestion 7y ago
    I have been dreaming of running my own heroku like interface on a DO droplet. Just for small sites, side projects and such. With heroku you need to pay to keep things running, though sadly with DO you need to do a lot of sysadmin work to keep things running.
    - slig 7y ago
      Have you tried Dokku?
    - jdance 7y ago
      After failing with Heroku we migrated to using Dokku on DO. And yes it is more work to do it ourselves, I didn't want to do that but here we are :) It was not a lot of work, dokku is really nice, but it was/is some work. I was hoping for almost no sysadmin work but that didn't happen.
      - WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
        Caprover's probably the closest I've experienced, but there was still a bit to do.
    - WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
      What... no. Install Caprover or Flynn or any of a dozen systems that provide Heroku-like functionality.