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Heroku + Netlify for Go and Vue App

Recently deployed my product (https://qwoka.io) using Heroku and it was so easy (and free)! It really gave me the opportunity to focus on the product and the code itself. My current stack:
-Heroku (Golang backend)
-Netlify (Vue)
-MongoDB Atlas

The best part is, they all have great introductory free tiers for demos and proof-of-concept, and they scale well! What stack are you currently using?

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on August 27, 2020
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    Similar, but I set up a Dokku instance on AWS lightsail for $5 a month. Toon me a few hours to get all set up, but afterwards it has the same deployment flow as Heroku and you can run multiple apps through it. Only drawback is that there’s no GUI

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      Is dokku pretty awesome? I wouldn't mind moving towards a more vendor agnostic solution.

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        Nice project :) If you are interested in a no vendor lock-in solution you might want to take a look at the project i'm building with @antho1404, It's an equivalent to Heroku, AWS, etc. which allow you to focus on your app core value. It could be a good alternative for your MVP, and of course it's free ;) We are actually searching for people to develop MVPs on our platform to test the user experience and we offer dedicated support to every project right now. I drop you the link here in case of Liteflow ✌️

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        I like it a lot - it’s basically like only using the heroku cli to host an app, which does take a bit of time to get used to... but overall, a very good experience.

        I honestly used it since it was between the $7 dev plan on heroku or just a $5 lightsail instance, and the lightsail instance has 2x the performance. I also was able to add the dokku redirects & ssl (letsencrypt) extensions, which were super straightforward. (And now all my sites forward to one domain and https://)

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    • I use Heroku (Golang Backend)
    • Gitlab Pages (NuxtJS Web)
    • MongoDB Atlas (Database)
    • Algolia (Search Index)
    • CloudFlare (DNS, DDos Protector, SSL)

    All free tiers

    I have to replace gitlab pages with something that I can use nuxt start, instead of generate! good to see you using netlify, I'll test it.

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      That sounds like a great stack! I am really enjoying working with MongoDB Atlas in particular. What's your use case if you don't mind me asking?

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        for a property listing website

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          Sounds like a perfect use case for MongoDB then with all of the attributes and potential nested attributes that could come with a listing. Very cool! I wish you the best of luck.

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    https://mkws.sh, my bloatless static site generator. Very effective at launching a website quickly and https://openbsd.amsterdam/.

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    I would check out vercel.com it has a free tier for frontend and backend serverless functions.

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