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Re:Django 1.5 released on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @04:16PM (#5288700)
I have used both. I would strongly suggest going with AWS.

Reasons:

Local development with Appengine is pretty bad. Good luck debugging and profiling production issues.

Appengine will make you jump through many hoops that undermine or completely drop pieces of the Django framework.

Getting data out of Appengine is a huge nightmare and timesink.

If you ever decide to migrate off Appengine you will need to rewrite almost everything.

Re:Facebook “Want” Button Released First by AddShoppers on Monday February 20, 2012 @10:48AM (#3612718)
Want, got, had is a part of the concept of Mistash, my startup. http://www.mistash.com
Re:How I named my startup on Monday January 23, 2012 @10:45AM (#3500707)
IMO it would have been better to create a unique name and then use "The agile planner" as the title attribute for your homepage.

Creating a unique name & domain would help you in the long run for search engines and brand recognition.

Searching for "the agile planner" on google has 1,950,000 results.

Re:Who works full time at their own startup? on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @04:41PM (#3476608)
I've been working on my startup fulltime for close to 6 months now. I've been able to do it because of savings.
Re:Show HN: 6 months of blood, sweat, tears and bootstrapping. Meet Mi... on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @10:35AM (#3475196)
This was my noob submission to HN. I appreciate the helpful feedback on Mistash and have started to make some changes. I think next time I will have to post earlier in the day to HN to get more eyes. Thanks again everyone!
Re:Ask HN: How do you do your email delivery? on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @12:02AM (#3473811)
For staff we are using Google Apps. MailChimp for mailing lists. App testing uses Google Apps. App production (notification emails, etc) uses Amazon SES.
Re:Show HN: 6 months of blood, sweat, tears and bootstrapping. Meet Mi... on Monday January 16, 2012 @11:44PM (#3473776)
Agreed. I switched the tagline to the description from the about page.
Re:Show HN: 6 months of blood, sweat, tears and bootstrapping. Meet Mi... on Monday January 16, 2012 @10:07PM (#3473591)
Does seem that way lately. However, I do think Mistash has a better focus on the social aspects than the others and is also going in the best direction for a product focused system. Plus, it's more fun :P
Re:Show HN: 6 months of blood, sweat, tears and bootstrapping. Meet Mi... on Monday January 16, 2012 @08:59PM (#3473443)
My wife works in fashion, she thinks it could be a great way for models to share their wardrobe for photoshoots.
Re:Show HN: 6 months of blood, sweat, tears and bootstrapping. Meet Mi... on Monday January 16, 2012 @07:29PM (#3473260)
Yup. For now, it combines a personal inventory, your wishlist , and various social features. The idea being that you can discover new products, share your tastes, and get higher quality reviews from the people you know.
Re:Show HN: 6 months of blood, sweat, tears and bootstrapping. Meet Mi... on Monday January 16, 2012 @07:25PM (#3473251)
Heh, yeah. We've been struggling with a short tagline that will convey the concept clearly.
Re:Show HN: 6 months of blood, sweat, tears and bootstrapping. Meet Mi... on Monday January 16, 2012 @06:48PM (#3473137)
Throwing this out there with the hopes of getting some valuable feedback. Thanks everyone!