I've been tinkering with this concept recently, it's not quite ready for beta testing, but I'd be happy to take feedback on what I've got so far: http://croncloud.io/
It's also important to note that these new rules cover the sale of digital goods to CONSUMERS only, if you are (for example) a registered business in the UK and selling to a registered business in Germany, German VAT is not applied, and you do not have to pass it on (via VATMOSS) to the German government.
Perhaps consider an enterprise agreement with AWS? We've saved $large without needing to switch providers just by committing to a minimum monthly volume of data transfer.
Worth seeing the numbers before you invest in dev & operations.
On that point (needing a sys admin for say 10 hours a week), where should a currently devs only team be looking?
Remote freelancer? Dev with ops / sys admin experience?
Xeround looks really interesting (http://xeround.com/).
Seems to do everything in RAM and takes care of any replication / backup & scailing for you. Looks like it would get expensive with large amounts of data though... anyone using this in production?
Agree. If growth is (reasonably) predictable I think dedicated is a great way to go. Surely if you are aiming for an MVP, you don't want to be worrying about managing multiple boxes and adjusting the amount of RAM, CPU and diskspace they have access to. Better to slightly over provision with a cheap dedicated server then expand when you have a feel for the requirements of the project.
Looks fantastic! I just wish you guys had launched 12 months ago; we've had a pretty tough time integrating with another partner due to their limited API. What is the timetable for international role out?
We've recently launched an Direct Debit facility and faced these exact problems. Luckily our DD provider works with some huge companies and so is already insured against any "indemnity claims". This insurance is reflected in our transaction fees though.
Sports website with 1.5MM+ UVs/month, looking for Developer (Frontend & OO PHP) & Mobile Developer (iPhone / Android / Mobile Web). £Competative salary and possible stock options. Small team, big opportunity.
Interns and University placement students also considered for the mobile role.
Suboptimal from what perspective? Server processing time & data transfer - maybe, user experience - not necessarily.
Ajax calls aren't by more optimal by definition, it depends on the context.
Agree that worse UX will frustrate users making them less likely to spend time on the site and have less interaction.
For the advertising that is sold on my site, the CPM is determined by the number and quality of Unique Visitors and volume is determined by Page Impressions.
So it's good to have a large number of page impressions, but actually I need to build my audience (UVs) which is more difficult (to a point).
You can use it via cURL or github actions (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/gostatic-deploy), and there's a node-based CLI coming soon
e.g. curl https://www.gostaticapp.com/api/deploy/artifact \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer your-api-token" \ -F "[email protected]"