Changelog Master Feed The infrastructure behind a PaaS (Ship It! #108)
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Jun 14, 2024 
Anurag Goel, Founder and CEO of Render, discusses the challenges and growth of building the platform, engineering challenges, managing customer relationships in PaaS, and the importance of open source contributions. The podcast also covers infrastructure management lessons, customer feedback loops, and the significance of evolving tech strategies in companies.
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Heroku's Rise and Stall
- Heroku's initial success stemmed from simplifying Rails app deployment, coinciding with Rails' rise.
- However, post-acquisition, Heroku's platform development slowed, failing to meet evolving customer needs.
Balancing Simplicity and Flexibility
- Make simple things easy for users, but ensure complex tasks remain achievable.
- Offer a default, opinionated flow but allow for flexibility and customization as user needs grow.
GKE Control Plane Crash
- Anurag Goel's company Render faced a major challenge during TechCrunch Disrupt 2019.
- Their Google Kubernetes Engine control plane crashed multiple times due to a Google internal bug, impacting their service.