Re:Ask HN: Is Google App Engine a good option for new startu...
by shaftway on Friday February 17, 2017 @08:07PM
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> - Cheap to start
At development scale it's essentially free. I host some simple static sites essentially for free too because traffic is low enough that it never comes close to billing.
> - As someone mentioned versioning. It works as easy as changing the YAML file.
Pro Tip: incorporate this into your deploy scripts with `--version=whatever` to override the setting in app.yaml. Make the value in app.yaml a safe one (e.g. 'development') in case someone new to the team screws up.
> - HTTP request 30 seconds.
Depends on the scaling you choose. This is the default (automatic scaling), but you can choose manual_scaling (you set the number of instances) or basic_scaling (slightly less configurable than automatic scaling). Both of the alternatives put no limit on time to execute a request.
> Datastore is I believe 1mb. Blobstore 50mb.
IIRC cloud storge provides unlimited size, and it's pretty easy to write a blob there and reference it in datastore.
At development scale it's essentially free. I host some simple static sites essentially for free too because traffic is low enough that it never comes close to billing.
> - As someone mentioned versioning. It works as easy as changing the YAML file.
Pro Tip: incorporate this into your deploy scripts with `--version=whatever` to override the setting in app.yaml. Make the value in app.yaml a safe one (e.g. 'development') in case someone new to the team screws up.
> - HTTP request 30 seconds.
Depends on the scaling you choose. This is the default (automatic scaling), but you can choose manual_scaling (you set the number of instances) or basic_scaling (slightly less configurable than automatic scaling). Both of the alternatives put no limit on time to execute a request.
> Datastore is I believe 1mb. Blobstore 50mb.
IIRC cloud storge provides unlimited size, and it's pretty easy to write a blob there and reference it in datastore.