Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from them about it

Re:Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from the... by CoolCold on Friday July 21, 2023 @11:31AM (#36814971)

I'm not sure on this, will it make any sense - customers who DON'T WANT to be aware of what is required for HA (say lonely devs) choosing such a hosting types. Even if you put educational articles, I'm unsure it will be used. Putting some BANNER IN RED LETTERS into CLI output + link to article may work, though.

What do you think?

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Re:Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from the... by wgjordan on Friday July 21, 2023 @11:46AM (#36815207)

This is exactly how it currently works:

  $ fly volumes create mydata
  Warning! Individual volumes are pinned to individual hosts.
  You should create two or more volumes per application.
  You will have downtime if you only create one.
  Learn more at https://fly.io/docs/reference/volumes/
  ? Do you still want to use the volumes feature? (y/N)

(and yes, the warning is already even in red letters too)

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Re:Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from the... by CoolCold on Friday July 21, 2023 @01:25PM (#36816705)

Sounds like it have not help already - no even need to guess. One of the moments you are in mixed feelings about being right.

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Re:Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from the... by seti0Cha on Friday July 21, 2023 @11:46AM (#36815219)

I agree, articles tend not to get read by those who need them most. A warning from the CLI and a banner on the app management page with a link to a detailed explanation would seem like a good approach.

edit: sibling post shows there is such a message on the CLI. The only other thing I can think of is an "Are you sure you want to do this?" prompt, but in the end you can't reach everybody.

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Re:Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from the... by CoolCold on Friday July 21, 2023 @01:35PM (#36816844)

Indeed

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Re:Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from the... by tptacek on Friday July 21, 2023 @01:39PM (#36816892)

There is an "Are you sure want to do this?" prompt!

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Re:Fly.io Postgres cluster down for 3 days, no word from the... by seti0Cha on Friday July 21, 2023 @02:49PM (#36817856)

Make them type the phrase "I'm OK with downtimes of arbitrary length"!

I kid, seems like you guys did what you could.

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