Ask HN: So you moved off Heroku, where did you go?

Re:Ask HN: So you moved off Heroku, where did you go? by forgomonika on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:53PM (#33084987)

Thanks for the info - I have some similar use cases.

How has the Postgres DB worked out for you with Render? I've been weary of using a relational DB in general since it's a single point of failure and really disruptive if your instance goes down (even with a back-up DB to failover too can be problematic if data doesn't get replicated before a crash).

Also are you just using your Node.js app as a back-end server or are you also serving web pages from it?

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Re:Ask HN: So you moved off Heroku, where did you go? by krajzeg on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:35PM (#33085575)

No issues with the Postgres - it's rock-solid so far (100% uptime over 6ish months). Most DBs are going to be a SPOF, unless you're willing to go into a distributed/replicated DB setup (which for my use case, I'm definitely not - I'd rather be down for an hour once in a blue moon).

It's an API consumed by the game client, no user-facing webpages.

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