Not devided yet, typically stack of postgres plus REST API with image serving plus some CDN. Preferably not locking in on any non OSS PaaS - ThreadSky

escamoteur.bsky.social • 74 days ago

Not devided yet, typically stack of postgres plus REST API with image serving plus some CDN.
Preferably not locking in on any non OSS PaaS

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mikediarmid.bsky.social•74 days ago

I see, how much data would you estimate on the database? e.g. <10gb or something much higher

Do you how often would the api called? E.g. ballpark RPS or total requests in a month, and could the type of data it returns be heavily cached?

escamoteur.bsky.social•74 days ago

Database itself is probably not a lot per user. Images audio and maybe videos will need space but that's outside the database.
Really hard to estimate how many api calls tbh.

mikediarmid.bsky.social•74 days ago

I see,

I'd recommend either:

- @cloudflare.social workers, at about $5 p/m you'd likely have everything hosted within the included limits with no overage needed yet. e.g. host api with workers, D1 sql for DB, R2 for asset storage + make heavy use of the free Cache API in the worker

or,

1/2

mikediarmid.bsky.social•74 days ago

- if not afraid of self host then @coolify.io (oss) + servers from Hetzner, preferably the Ampere range for pricing, e.g. CAX21 @ ~€7 p/m would likely be more than efficient + either dns from cloudflare to mask IPs or a CF worker to load balance between more than 1 server for failovers if concerned

mikediarmid.bsky.social•74 days ago

self host does significantly reduce cost but comes with extra maintenance overhead, Coolify from @heyandras.dev helps significantly with that

I project I did would have cost around $7k p/m on GCP, self host through hetzner ~$300p/m - this was hundreds of cores and ram - which you won't need

escamoteur.bsky.social•74 days ago

The question is if it makes sense to start on GCP or another PaaS initially that you can easily migrate to self hosting when you get more users.

escamoteur.bsky.social•74 days ago

Hetzner would have the additional benefits of having data stored in Germany.

mikediarmid.bsky.social•74 days ago

Love hetzner, use it for anytime I need raw compute or to host something non standard that would cost too much elsewhere

I still favour convenience of not self-hosting when the cost is low or it will always fall into the free or low tier of a provider like Cloudflare

escamoteur.bsky.social•74 days ago

Having a cost range would already be helpful.
I got one number from one project that's 5k/month with 500k-1million visits per month. Which seems to suggest that the cost per user is really not much today

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