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We are very far from a better Heroku for production apps in a hyper cloud

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Author
Michael Friedrich
Word Count
1,224
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Language
English
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Summary

The blog post reflects on the author's initial claims of building a "better Heroku," acknowledging that the current iteration of their "5 minute production app" falls short of Heroku's capabilities for production applications. It explores the ease of deploying a web application using Heroku, detailing the steps involved, such as creating an account, setting up a development environment, and deploying using the Heroku CLI. The post also contrasts Heroku with the author's approach, which utilizes GitLab and Terraform for provisioning stateful services like PostgreSQL and Redis on AWS, highlighting the automation and integration benefits of their method. The author concedes that while the deployment of a production app in a hypercloud is promising, it requires more development to surpass Heroku's established platform, emphasizing the need for further exploration of stateful backends, CI/CD, and security practices.

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