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Heroku needs to open source the testing (UPDATE: and data) it has used to claim 3X performance.

Adding a single graph for a $2000/mo DB, only performing read only transactions at 30% of its connection limit doesn't sound like putting the DB through its paces, and not real world.

It's great to see Matz investing time with the community whenever he is in town. And a nice bonus to have it streamed

I would replace 'super interesting' with 'Super complex'. It's an example of how you can make the price of a $10-40/mo server complex to the extent that you need to read the blog post numerous times before you understand the construct.

And even then, one still needs to factor in the 'other' costs like I/O or IOPs, disk (persistent/EBS), IPs, internet and inter-region data transfer… before you understand the real cost.

And then you need to compare to other instance types (which soon will cover the full alphabet -- c, cg, cr, g, h, i, m, r, t… ) and then other providers.

You still have several unresolved issue -

1. Are your assumption on usage (cpu, I/O, internet etc) correct? Will they change? 2. How do I compare performance across providers for a given VM specification. 3. Can I get support when I need it?

And I am sure there are others

It certainly means there is room for other players who just make it simple, whether they are infrastructure folk (like DO/Linode etc) or platform plays that make the pricing understandable by the audience they are trying to target (like Heroku/Ninefold)

Depends on your use case. Advantage is around performance, and that you don't have to focus on the devops part of deployments that Capistrano requires. You get full access to servers & free SSL for rails apps. Strong engineering support.

If you have a Rails App, you should consider Ninefold.com. You deploy direct from Github (or your Git Repo) and can have a VPS in the same security group if you need a utility box.

The embedded image in the article crystallizes everything. I wish I could repost it in the comments.

What Sean has done with Spree reinforces how powerful the Ruby-on-rails open source community is in developing complex code. The challenge is to keep on top of the changing e-commerce landscape and demands of end users. Ultimately a e-commerce site/platform is only as good as its ability to close out a shopping cart transaction.

Its interesting that Docker was not discussed at RailsConf (Chicago April 2014). While its easy to conclude that Docker is more DevOps than Dev, it may also reflect how quickly Docker has moved from being non-production grade to being 1.0 this week

It's great to see more adoption of the open source Spree Ecommerce platform. Ultimately its open source platforms like Spree with all the community commits that will win out when it comes to platforms of choice. Elevating more examples of adoption is great

You should also consider the growing number of platform (PaaS) providers that make it super easy to manage the infrastructure yourself, and save you lots of money on the way. I believe that this is where most hosting providers are heading. Gone are the days that we should be dealing with infrastructure at the element level. While this is the wrong forum to list who to look at, if you have a Ruby on Rails app, look at Heroku or Ninefold

A mind-bending piece for those that want to re-live high school mathematics. Loved it. Now time to get back to work

A note worthy initiative to capture this valuable information. Another one that may be worth looking at is http://internetdealbook.com/category/top-deals/. It focuses on the more visible deals and does include deal size where public.

To understand Ruby, and why anyone including a startup wants to use it, you need to understand more about its founder, Matz. He is a truly amazing individual.

Here's a recent interview with Matz from RubyConf13 (Miami Nov 2013) http://multifaceted.io/2013/rubyconf-13-a-chat-with-matz/ that may be of interest.

It's about making developers happy…

Detail, detail, detail. The key is that at least there is top level visibility that the Government needs to get it right and that we need a balance between security and privacy. Hopefully there's more coming.

We will never be able to have such an open debate like this again. Future conversations on how to improve HN will be filtered by 1000+ karma users. That seems at odds with what HN news stands for. While I have confidence in the abilities of these 1000+ karma users, it doesn't seem the right way.

I am confident that with some refinements a good outcome will be reached.

It is important that we encourage new users to comment on HN. The reality is that early posts from new users may not make the grade set by 1000+ Karma users. Let them be visible as otherwise you may discourage such new users from re engaging/commenting further.

Color coding comments to flag they as 'pending' is fine. But complete hiding them sounds too strong

Its great to have the conversation on how to improve HN comments

It would be interesting to see if Microsoft has or will disclose how often it has leveraged this clause to tap into its customers' personal emails 'to protect the rights or property of Microsoft'. It may be a bigger number that we think

Totally cool, and addictive. Not exactly news, but at another level, completely HN worthy

Great article and reinforces just how much work we need to do to help our communities

Dyno Sleeping: Another interesting fact that hasn't been called out is that even with the Heroku XL Dyno, which costs ($580/mo), it will be spun down if not used for an hour. I don't understand how that matches the promise of 'performance' https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dynos#dyno-sleeping

Another interesting read for anyone looking for a VCs view on this topic: http://pollenizer.com/learn/startup-focus. A good, easy to read book based on their experiences.