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it's not the 'un-necessary' part -- is the fact that not even giving out the SIMPLEST of offerings like 'how much memory is my software using?' -- 'how much memory do I have access to?" -- things like that are a given in almost ANY serious sofware project -- and if you can't have them then you have NO CLUE what you are doing and shouldn't be writing software

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I don't care how much memory my software is using. I care if it is performant and if it is using resources in a cost-effective manner.

With Heroku I just add the New Relic plugin and I have quick access to most of the information I need to know about performance.

Maybe I have "no clue", but I have been doing this for 10 years. Maybe I shouldn't be writing software - as a technical founder it is definitely my goal to spend less time writing software. Admittedly I am not working on "serious software" - I am just trying to add value by solving a common pain point for a group of people. So far Heroku has been helping me to do that faster and easier.

Most webapps don't fall under your definition of "serious software project".

Personally, I wouldn't be able to stand Heroku either, and would rather just boot up an EC2 instance. But I also recognize that I'm old-fashioned.

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