Changelog Master Feed Building the developer cloud (Changelog Interviews #621)
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Dec 12, 2024 Kurt Mackey, Co-founder and CEO of Fly, dives into the evolving world of developer cloud solutions. He discusses the 'Rebel Alliance' concept, uniting startups for better cloud services. Kurt shares insights on balancing complexity with usability and his hot takes on competitive offerings like Neon and Supabase. The future of Fly's Managed Postgres looks promising, with plans for a simple CDN called Pipely. He also openly reflects on the emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship, touching on personal growth amidst professional challenges.
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Merchants of Complexity
- Fly.io's global Rust proxy processes every request, causing occasional outages when unexpected user behavior occurs.
- DHH criticized this complexity, arguing simpler setups are more reliable for individual users.
Outage Perception
- Developers often perceive any issue as a total platform outage, even if it's localized.
- AWS gets more leeway for outages due to its market dominance, while smaller providers face greater scrutiny.
Free Tier Expectations
- The market has conditioned developers to expect free or very cheap services for smaller projects.
- Neon's focus on cheap, disposable Postgres databases caters to this demand, unlike AWS RDS.
