I got an email notification about changes to pricing structures on Heroku:
https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2015/5/7/new-dyno-types-public-beta
I believe free accounts will transfer into a new free version that if I'm reading right will be unable to stay online 24/7 even if doing extremely little work - you can only use max 18 hours a day. Previously I believe @AlbireoX was using a ping trick to keep Gooey "awake" to keep the IRC connection persistent 24/7 (would otherwise time out and disconnect)
@msteiger - wouldn't this affect the master server list as well? Losing 6 hours a day is a bit of a death blow to the free option on that service, I figured they could let the free ones go 24/7 with heavy restrictions, but I guess no more.
Heroku pricing is kinda whack in general, their biggest option (out of three) is nearly $600/month, you can get better stats on DigitalOcean at $80/month. We can easily run Gooey, the master server, and other small stuff on a single $5/month droplet, or more likely just toss them on an existing server that isn't struggling, like the forum here. Bandwidth/stability isn't likely to be an issue for ages.
Alternatively I think there are still free options on Google Apps, although maybe that takes a bit more setup than just git push to Heroku, which was always nice.
The change is already going live in slightly more than two weeks so we really gotta move on @Gooey already. Last I tinkered I got to where I could install and run a fresh Hubot via a Chef cookbook pretty easily, just need to tidy it up then start enabling/configuring scripts and maybe the adapter for Slack in addition to IRC - which is something I really need to drop on somebody else. I can help get started though.
@nh_99 - ohai! @PrivateAlpha - ping!
https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2015/5/7/new-dyno-types-public-beta
I believe free accounts will transfer into a new free version that if I'm reading right will be unable to stay online 24/7 even if doing extremely little work - you can only use max 18 hours a day. Previously I believe @AlbireoX was using a ping trick to keep Gooey "awake" to keep the IRC connection persistent 24/7 (would otherwise time out and disconnect)
@msteiger - wouldn't this affect the master server list as well? Losing 6 hours a day is a bit of a death blow to the free option on that service, I figured they could let the free ones go 24/7 with heavy restrictions, but I guess no more.
Heroku pricing is kinda whack in general, their biggest option (out of three) is nearly $600/month, you can get better stats on DigitalOcean at $80/month. We can easily run Gooey, the master server, and other small stuff on a single $5/month droplet, or more likely just toss them on an existing server that isn't struggling, like the forum here. Bandwidth/stability isn't likely to be an issue for ages.
Alternatively I think there are still free options on Google Apps, although maybe that takes a bit more setup than just git push to Heroku, which was always nice.
The change is already going live in slightly more than two weeks so we really gotta move on @Gooey already. Last I tinkered I got to where I could install and run a fresh Hubot via a Chef cookbook pretty easily, just need to tidy it up then start enabling/configuring scripts and maybe the adapter for Slack in addition to IRC - which is something I really need to drop on somebody else. I can help get started though.
@nh_99 - ohai! @PrivateAlpha - ping!
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