Installing software and setting up infrastructure is generally pretty fun too... at least at first. Then I slowly start to realize just how thin I've spread myself (and that the infrastructure setup and maintenance is taking 10x longer than actually writing the software that I want to put on it.)
During my day job at a Fortune 500 enterprise business, I have a killer support team that handles all my middleware/hosting needs, but what about when I come home? At home, I don't have unlimited bandwidth and a VM pool as deep as the ocean (all funded by my business unit) at my disposal.
Enter the new wave of startup-friendly cloud hosting solutions!
There are many to choose from, but my favorite is OpenShift: https://www.openshift.com/products/online
- It's super quick to setup (even easier than plain installs!!)
- Your choice of RDBMS or Document based storage
- Java or PHP
- Excellent tooling for app/server management and debugging
Other solutions to be aware of:
- http://www.cloudbees.com
- https://developers.google.com/appengine/
- http://www.uhurucloud.com/
- (Here's my getting started review on Uhuru: http://manunderdamoon.blogspot.com/2012/08/cloud-hosting-and-application.html)
- http://aws.amazon.com/ (Yes, there's a free tier now!!)
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