On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:28 PM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]>wrote:
> An alternative you may not have considered; I've been using cloud9 for my > web-dev work for several days now. It's free and runs on openshift (I > think). > Correct. All of cloud9 runs on top of openshift.com including the deployments of your code. > > If you go this route, there is no need for SSH or a server at all. Plus > you can code directly into a really nice IDE embedded in the web-browser. > While testing/debugging, you can have it running on a fresh VM, in > literally a few seconds. Deployment takes a minute or two, and can be done > from the IDE directly to all the most common "cloud" providers. > > Thus far I've only used it for node.js work, but I seem to recall it > supporting Java, Ruby and a bunch of others. > You also get a nice command line and CPU time and other resources are > liberal. > For instance, I've got a quicky app that's parsing the entire blockchain > out of bitcoin and stuffing it into a MySQL database. > So far my runtimes have been upwards of 4 hours without interruption, and > I've never seen cloud 9 be the ones to kill my process. > That should be plenty of time to test a rails app. > > Now I'm done, someone please shoot me for having drunk the cloud kool-aide > and talking like this. :) > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Grant Shipley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Wait? People actually run their own home servers nowadays for > development > > and filesharing? I thought that went away several years ago. Kind of > > kidding but not really. ;) > > > > I use www.openshift.com for all development (disclaimer: I work on this > > project so I am biased). Free to use. > > I use dropbox for photo sharing > > amazon cloud player premium for music storage (up to 200,000 tracks for > > 25.00 a year) > > Movies, I stopped storing and just use netflix and hulu. > > > > Total cost: 45.00 a year. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Charles Curley < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:56:17 -0700 > > > Levi Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > To restate my point a bit more clearly, buying a refurbished top-spec > > > > machine with a bunch of noisy fans for a low up-front purchase price > > > > means that you've probably bought a power-hog of a machine and over > > > > its remaining lifetime the power budget is likely to play a > > > > significant part in its ownership costs. > > > > > > I agree with your analysis, but will take it a step further. You are > not > > > the only person in the world to make it. I suspect the market has > > > already discounted the discounted future cost of power to run the > > > things. > > > > > > In a sense, buying cheap power hog equipment is a bet that fracking and > > > coal will continue to be legal. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, > > > and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be > > > violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, > > > supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the > > > place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. > > > -- U.S. Const. Amendment IV > > > > > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > > > > > /* > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > */ > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
