Re:I think GCP is better than AWS – by Fernando Villalba
by latchkey on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @09:24PM
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No, we just migrated to Cloud Functions / Run / Tasks, which is fine. Those are easier for them to scale than AppEngine.
The problem with AppEngine was that they had to heavily modify the runtimes for isolation... the JVM needed to be secured and that meant maintaining a separate fork, which also meant being perpetually always behind in versions. It also meant any upgrade had to go through a huge security evaluation.
So, moving to another process model, containers, worked much better.
The problem with AppEngine was that they had to heavily modify the runtimes for isolation... the JVM needed to be secured and that meant maintaining a separate fork, which also meant being perpetually always behind in versions. It also meant any upgrade had to go through a huge security evaluation.
So, moving to another process model, containers, worked much better.