Ask HN: Tools of the Trade, 2020 Edition

Posted by Py_ev on Sunday February 16, 2020 @09:42AM
from the ask-hn dept.

It has been 20 years since Joshua Schachter started this thread on HN for discussing hosted useful services.

The contribution in the thread introduced many interesting SaaS services which can immensely help in deploying services as well as development.

These days, lots of that stuff is available as SaaS. What are the tools and services people use instead of hosting their own?

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Re:Ask HN: Tools of the Trade, 2020 Edition by mtmail on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:33AM (#22348358)

9 years. And since the list, at least the history what was mentioned in the past, moved to https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade

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Re:Ask HN: Tools of the Trade, 2020 Edition by mimixco on Sunday February 16, 2020 @09:51AM (#22341767)

Digital Ocean has been great for us. It's easy to setup and scale, offers lots of server "droplet* types, and is inexpensive.

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Re:Ask HN: Tools of the Trade, 2020 Edition by throwawayt856 on Sunday February 16, 2020 @09:55AM (#22341785)

I want to host multiple Flask apps on digital ocean. Is there any tutorial you can suggest

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Re:Ask HN: Tools of the Trade, 2020 Edition by mimixco on Sunday February 16, 2020 @10:01AM (#22341818)

Basically, they offer raw boxes, typically for Linux use. You would terminal into your box, called a droplet, and then install or run whatever you want as though the box were local. They have good setup for security, too, so you can control who can visit your droplet.

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Re:Ask HN: Tools of the Trade, 2020 Edition by wprapido on Monday February 17, 2020 @11:10AM (#22348637)

DigitalOcean has excellent knowledge base consisting of many well written tutorials. So, you should be fine.

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