Blossom – Heroku-Like Deploys on Your Servers; Cheaper, No Lock-in
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Blossom is a Heroku-like deployment platform that allows users to deploy on their own servers, avoiding vendor lock-in and reducing costs; the HN community is generally supportive of the idea.
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I guess its just enticing to have some kind of interface that shows your deploy. But with each of these I've found some blocker or annoyance and have gone back to kamal.
It would be nice to understand what makes this paid service better than the above. I'm not sure I see anything compelling in the promo video.
the card grid with emojis is a dead give-away. Building it yourself wouldn't take more than an hr!
I’m with the other person too. Drop the emojis and your confidence goes up. We all know coding agents JUST LOVE filling up a document with emojis. It makes you wonder if it’s imagined the benefits too