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57 pointsrobspychala14y ago19 comments

19 comments

lux14y ago

Been developing on DotCloud for a month or two now, and minus a couple very minor hiccups it's been fantastic. Some things I'm really looking forward to though:

* Pre-install hooks in addition to their post-install ones (to, for example, move file x, push update, move it back)

* Some kind of admin panel with usage monitoring

* Pricing announcement (would help to plan for the future, since I plan on deploying with DotCloud too obviously)

* An API for accessing the DotCloud commands programmatically from a service, to do things like 'dotcloud alias' within an app

Actually, that's about it. It'll be nice to see some additional service types stabilize (particularly mongo & memcache), but other than the above it's really been an amazing platform to work with, and the functionality/simplicity balance is very well thought out.

noodle14y ago

pricing is my major concern and the only reason i'm not throwing sites onto dotcloud. i don't want to migrate stuff to dotcloud and then have to migrate it back again if pricing doesn't work for me.

shykes14y ago

We're taking pricing very seriously. The status quo of platform pricing is not good enough, and we want to fix that.

Expect an announcement soon.

steverb14y ago

Slightly OT

Is there an open source platform similar to DotCloud/Heroku? We really need something just like this for our private/internal use.

Or alternatively, does anyone license such a thing? I'm sure I could find the $ for the right product.

mrkurt14y ago

VMWare's Cloud Foundry is open source and most similar to Heroku/DotCloud.

steverb14y ago

Very cool. Thanks!

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tomasdev14y ago

:D DotCloud FTW, the point is it takes so long to get approved for an account.

shykes14y ago

Here's a little help: http://www.dotcloud.com/account/create

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  RYC40X   1h9oUs
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  Cwm0sR   mREz36
  7VBnQ5   E3nt4a
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Remember: we love feedback!

tripa14y ago

Here's a quick "complaint" feedback about the signup process, then: don't erase my strong password I took 15s to type in (twice) if you reject my invitation code and I have to find another one. It's a strong incitation to use a weak but easy-to-type password instead.

(not really a problem to me just yet, but it resonates wrong with the password strength warning on the same page)

Dornkirk14y ago

all invalid :(

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cdr14y ago

I got an invite from dotcloud way faster than any of the other hosting services that're in beta.

sawyer14y ago

The problem with PaaS and cloud hosting in general is price. Most experienced hackers are used to managing hardware, so why not stick with dedicated or colo and retain affordable scalability?

hboon14y ago

Because in return, they reduce mental load and time costs.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

19 comments

lux14y ago

Been developing on DotCloud for a month or two now, and minus a couple very minor hiccups it's been fantastic. Some things I'm really looking forward to though:

* Pre-install hooks in addition to their post-install ones (to, for example, move file x, push update, move it back)

* Some kind of admin panel with usage monitoring

* Pricing announcement (would help to plan for the future, since I plan on deploying with DotCloud too obviously)

* An API for accessing the DotCloud commands programmatically from a service, to do things like 'dotcloud alias' within an app

noodle14y ago

pricing is my major concern and the only reason i'm not throwing sites onto dotcloud. i don't want to migrate stuff to dotcloud and then have to migrate it back again if pricing doesn't work for me.

shykes14y ago

We're taking pricing very seriously. The status quo of platform pricing is not good enough, and we want to fix that.

Expect an announcement soon.

steverb14y ago

Slightly OT

Is there an open source platform similar to DotCloud/Heroku? We really need something just like this for our private/internal use.

Or alternatively, does anyone license such a thing? I'm sure I could find the $ for the right product.

mrkurt14y ago

VMWare's Cloud Foundry is open source and most similar to Heroku/DotCloud.

steverb14y ago

Very cool. Thanks!

1 more reply

tomasdev14y ago

:D DotCloud FTW, the point is it takes so long to get approved for an account.

shykes14y ago

Here's a little help: http://www.dotcloud.com/account/create

  ZBWGFX   F2OQgg
  tTNdfA   0GjuwZ
  RYC40X   1h9oUs
  VloaKt   r4o8H5
  Cwm0sR   mREz36
  7VBnQ5   E3nt4a
  DVA5qe   jcG9as
  rL4pu2   fLRYzO
  AGx29j   cXuQ4X
  PoHOEe   gPhyLx

Remember: we love feedback!

tripa14y ago

(not really a problem to me just yet, but it resonates wrong with the password strength warning on the same page)

Dornkirk14y ago

all invalid :(

1 more reply

cdr14y ago

I got an invite from dotcloud way faster than any of the other hosting services that're in beta.

sawyer14y ago

The problem with PaaS and cloud hosting in general is price. Most experienced hackers are used to managing hardware, so why not stick with dedicated or colo and retain affordable scalability?

hboon14y ago

Because in return, they reduce mental load and time costs.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse