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Reliability: It’s not great

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1226 points bishopsmother | 2 comments | 06 Mar 23 17:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.446s | source
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yamrzou ◴[06 Mar 23 19:09 UTC] No.35046052[source]▶
I'm not a user of Fly.io. I can't help but notice how remarkable the effect of open communication on potential end users like me. I remember reading about their reliability problems on HN some time ago. That biased my view of the company. After reading this, the open communication and transparency restored my trust in them, and would make them again a potential candidate for future projects. Because now I know that they acknowledge the problem and that they are trying to improve things.
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gizmo ◴[06 Mar 23 20:05 UTC] No.35046831[source]▶
This post is carefully worded corporate messaging, but because they write for their developer audience it has an informal "oh shucks we messed up bad y'all" vibe to it. But make no mistake, this is 100% corporate messaging.

I get that growing is super hard. And maybe fly will grow up to be a good platform some day. But that's the future. Today, they're flying by the seat of their pants and I mostly feel sorry for people who were tricked into thinking this platform is ready for production use.

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1. Trufa ◴[06 Mar 23 21:01 UTC] No.35047529[source]▶
I don’t get what you’re saying, this isn’t a brag disguised as a confession, they are actually admitting to poor performance, of course it’s to eventually make users trust them, but a) I don’t see nothing bad with that b) they are choosing the hard route.

They are being open and transparent (afaik) even if carefully worded, which I also don’t blame them for.

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2. gizmo ◴[06 Mar 23 23:45 UTC] No.35049530[source]▶
I don't agree. Fly.io took on 40m in venture capital and is now on a do-or-die mission towards a $400 million exit. This might be obvious to many here on HN but most developers don't understand these startup dynamics and the consequences of a growth-at-any-cost strategy.