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Re:Remind HN: Heroku will delete all free dbs and shut down ... by ocdtrekkie on Saturday November 26, 2022 @07:28PM (#33758633)
Sure, but move it elsewhere later. And who doesn't keep a copy of the code they deploy?
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Re:Remind HN: Heroku will delete all free dbs and shut down ... by blep_ on Saturday November 26, 2022 @07:57PM (#33758832)
> Students who are learning to build things on these platforms

... and have not yet learned about version control or backups the hard way.

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Re:Remind HN: Heroku will delete all free dbs and shut down ... by ocdtrekkie on Saturday November 26, 2022 @08:00PM (#33758848)
Well, then it's excellent they are learning this now and not later. The best time to learn about making backups is when you start programming, the second best time is today.
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Re:Remind HN: Heroku will delete all free dbs and shut down ... by chris_wot on Saturday November 26, 2022 @08:52PM (#33759240)
Then they need to learn!
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Re:Remind HN: Heroku will delete all free dbs and shut down ... by adesanmi on Saturday November 26, 2022 @09:07PM (#33759333)
It’s a good thing those students have access to thousands of dollars of free credit for AWS/Digital Ocean/Azure, etc.

Not to mention if whatever they are working does take off, those companies would throw extra credits to these students.

I think they’ll be fine.

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