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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by _verandaguy on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @09:26AM (#24566764)
>It's a mistake to run on only one dyno

Unless it's a hobby site offering a free service, which this seems to be.

Projects like this are awesome, and the barrier to making them should be low — gatekeeping by the community like this project needs to have a five nines SLA is frankly counterproductive.

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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by psychometry on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @09:37AM (#24566889)
I'm literally talking about the difference between 7 and 14 dollars per month.
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by _verandaguy on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @09:38AM (#24566904)
Which, for some people, is significant.
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by nogabebop23 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:13AM (#24567288)
no one spending 7 dollars a month for a pure hobby would balk at spending $14. The difference is between nothing and anything.
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by dvfjsdhgfv on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:26AM (#24567440)
It's definitely not true. I bought several dozens of these in the last decade for various projects and the price was definitely an important factor for some of them (especially the ones that I hope to be running for decades).
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by shyn3 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:36AM (#24567588)
Seriously $7 for some people is the difference between eating for a week or not eating and without knowing where OP is it's hard to know.
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by peteradio on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:45AM (#24568387)
Then why would he be spending $7 already on a hobby!??!
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by masukomi on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:07PM (#24569292)
because "you have to spend money to make money" and building a resource people value for free despite the fact that you loose money, and then charging or asking for money is a proven technique for earning way more than $7 a month. It could be a financial stretch that has them on the edge, in hopes of earning a significant reward later.
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by bzbz on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:35PM (#24570343)
It seems like you’re grasping at straws to defend your original statement.
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Re:Roughly 2000 blogs running on a $7/month dyno by mariushn on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @04:10PM (#24571387)
The difference is between $7 and $50. If you want (auto)scaling, even manual, you need "Production-tier dynos", cheapest being $25. 2 of those is $50.
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