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by wstrange 2927 days ago
A PaaS solution (like App Engine) would be far more appropriate for what you want to do. Unless your goal is to learn Kubernetes - in which case minikube works just fine.

W.r.t. to the GCP console and tools - I guess it's a preference thing - but I vastly prefer them over the AWS tools. They work fine for me. I like the feature in the GUI where it shows you the equivalent gcloud command line.
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fpgaminer 2927 days ago
I love App Engine and have used it in the past, but it: 1) is quite old and receives precious little love from Google; 2) isn't great if you want to use a relational database; 3) not a great option for applications that require iron clad security.

To be clear on #1, App Engine has been nothing but reliable for me. Yet it receives few updates; for example, only supporting Python 2.7...

#2: It works great with Datastore, but for SQL you have to use a separate instance or Cloud SQL; either will cost additional money and maintenance. And, last I checked, Postgres was a no-go for App Engine.

#3: It can be hard to secure App Engine apps properly. User data leaking in the logs, for example. And I've encountered a few bugs that lead me to distrust the runtime they use. (I reported the bugs, but still). Where security is of the utmost importance, I have to opt for my own stack.

[This is all Standard Environment. Flexible is brutally expensive.]

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thesandlord 2926 days ago
1) Node.js was just released. Python 3 is in alpha. Definitely check it out! There is a brand new sandbox that allows us to ship new runtimes much faster now.

2) True, but you would need this no matter where you are running right? Also, I think the new sandbox runtimes (Java8, Node.js, Python3) should support Postgres.

3) Leaking data in the logs can happen with any app though? What in particular are you seeing? WRT sandbox, the new sandbox should be a lot more robust as well.

I'd definitely give App Engine another shot, maybe in the near future. We are definitely investing a lot on it, I'm sorry it hasn't felt that way for a while.

(I work for GCP)

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