[tylerchr]

> We've had a free tier since we launched ten years ago (in 2020).

I’m not a Fly.io customer (although more and more I am thinking I should be), but I eagerly read every new blog post because I’m so entertained by their tone. These people are clearly having fun at work.

[tptacek]

This is a sort of content-free comment, but I'll say it anyways because it's been gnawing at me for months --- there is a lot of content queued up for us to write about; just a freaking avalanche of stuff we've been working on. I keep looking for places to break it off and start writing about it, and the work keeps growing and foiling our attempts.

[chris_st]

This isn't really a content-free comment -- you've let us know that you all are not sitting on your hands.

Have you thought of hiring a technical writer? Think of it as a work-stealing algorithm if that helps :-)

[kasey_junk]

If you click on the Twitter handle of one of the authors at the bottom of the article you’ll see they list their job as “technical writing at fly.io”.

[chris_st]

Oops... I guess I should have written "...another technical writer".

[manigandham]

They are hiring writers: https://fly.io/blog/fly-io-is-hiring-technical-writers/

[vlahmot]

I also like the frankness and simplicity of their communication style.

No fancy buzzwords, to the point and speaks to things we all know are true but are typically not addressed or are wrapped up in spin. The first and last paragraphs are great examples.

The authenticity of it leaves me with a strong sense of trust and respect.

[Zababa]

Yeah, that's the important part for me. The "fun" part about the sandwich app is nice, but the part that differentiate it from other content is stuff like:

> The free VMs themselves are just a bit of memory and some idling CPU, but the state is obnoxious for us to manage.

> But here's what happens if you give people freemium full access to a hosting platform: lots and lots of free VMs mining for cryptocurrencies.

If I had to put words on it, I would call it "transparency" and "treating their public as adults/with respect". I know that free storage is hard to find because disk space is harder than CPU and RAM to manage for them. I know that I need to put my credit card because people will abuse the free tiers for crypto if they don't ask for a credit card (sourcehut had the same problem with their free CI). I don't feel like they're trying to hide something from me, even if they still wrap it in some fun. This is the behavior I would expect from a good collegue.

[bb88]

They know their audience and write to them.

[pmarreck]

I think you just inadvertently identified why any mention of "web3" makes me burp stomach acid

[awb]

> since we launched ten years ago (in 2020).

2010?

[tptacek]

We're living Fly.io years. They hit us hard.

[jks]

I thought it was about the pandemic. It certainly feels like it's been ten years.

[mrkurt]

This is it.

[tobyjsullivan]

I assumed this was a binary joke gone wrong.

[mrkurt]

Now I wish it had been. That's hilarious.

[arrow7000]

I think you can retroactively declare that it was