> startup time for the server was SO large that it just does not work on heroku
Response: The solution (which granted should be maybe better documented) is to set the `EARLYBIND` env variable to `true` - this will allow Genie to bind to the port very early so Heroku will love it.
> many features like authetication were nowhere to be found.
Response: Genie has built in support for handling (encrypted) cookies and sessions and plugins like GenieAuthentication (or GenieAuthorisation) and SearchLight provide straightforward features. Have you used these?
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With that said, I myself do think of Genie as (currently) something to be used when (a) you already have Julia code and need a web front-end for it, or (b) you want to experiment and possibly break things for the potential of expanding horizons.