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0 points5fnheluzdj3y ago0 comments

On the top of my list is being able to use a local repository and providing no credit card.

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CC’s are an abuse prevention tool and essentially a proxy for real names since lots of companies ban “privacy” cards. Would you be willing to instead turn other proof like a government id with face recognition to auth it?

Because yeah it sucks but Heroku is shutting down their free tier because of abuse so it's not a theoretical problem. Anyone who has even more lax requirements will get run over as well.

5fnheluzdjOP3y ago

While I do understand the trouble, having a way to try the product without revealing my identity makes it `as good` as Heroku.

bradgessler3y ago

By local repo, do you mean like how Heroku's `git push heroku` works? Or do you mean you want to deploy from your local machine's repo? The `fly deploy` command is a local deployment in the sense that it copies the files of your application and deploys it to the server, regardless if you have git or not.

If you launch Fly from the CLI to test the free tier, you don't need a credit card. Obviously when you exceed the limits of the free tier, you'll need to provide a credit card.

5fnheluzdjOP3y ago

With `local repository` I meant not involving a thirdparty like Github or Gitlab which is a requirement for some Heroku-like providers. `git push heroku` is very nice to have - for me it would be enough to not having to leave the terminal as it seems to be the case.

Last time I tried fly.io I had to provide payment information before doing something useful. I'll give it another try as you suggested.

bradgessler3y ago

Got it! There's no plans to implement git repos in the same way Heroku is doing it (FWIW I love how Heroku does this). When Heroku introduced this feature, cloud CI services were practically non-existent. Today a similar effect can be achieved in Github, Gitlab, etc. with their CI integrations (See https://fly.io/docs/app-guides/continuous-deployment-with-gi... for Github)

I realize that's what you're trying to avoid. In your case I'd recommend running `fly deploy` from your CLI If you don't want to leave the CLI. You could wire this up as a git hook either on your workstation or third-party git server. I recognize this isn't the same thing as Heroku, so I'm calling these work arounds :-)

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Spivak3y ago

Because yeah it sucks but Heroku is shutting down their free tier because of abuse so it's not a theoretical problem. Anyone who has even more lax requirements will get run over as well.

5fnheluzdjOP3y ago

While I do understand the trouble, having a way to try the product without revealing my identity makes it `as good` as Heroku.

bradgessler3y ago

If you launch Fly from the CLI to test the free tier, you don't need a credit card. Obviously when you exceed the limits of the free tier, you'll need to provide a credit card.

5fnheluzdjOP3y ago

Last time I tried fly.io I had to provide payment information before doing something useful. I'll give it another try as you suggested.

bradgessler3y ago

okpx3y ago

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