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One developer estimated a comparable setup would cost about three times more than current hosting, showing how dependent teams are.
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Spent multiple hours now evaluating Railway alternatives to move my shit to. Conclusion is that Railway's product is uniquely good and nothing comes close to a drop in replacement 🙃 Minimum cost to replicate my setup today is 3x higher than I am paying them currentlyRead original on X
It has been 16 hours since I was able to update my deployments on Railway 🙃Read original on X
At this point I'm tempted to see if I can recreate Railway faster than they can re-enable deploys 🙃 17 hours btwRead original on X
99.99% uptime = down for < 9 minutes a year 99.9% uptime = down for < 9 hours a year A 9 hour outage caps you to 2 nines of reliability for the year.Read original on X
Developers find no cheap drop-in replacement for Railway hosting
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage pushes developers to seek alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage leaves developers without easy alternatives
Railway's 17-hour deploy outage leaves developers without easy alternatives
Railway deploy outage lasts 17 hours with no easy alternatives
Railway deploy outage lasts 17 hours with no easy alternatives
Railway outage lasts 17 hours with no easy alternatives
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