On 4 September 2011 01:35, Joshua Smith <joshuaesm...@charter.net> wrote: > I also identified task queues as the source of my excessive instances. I > suspect this is a quite common issue, and together with datastore access bugs > (sorry, but you never should have written it like that)
I totally agree with you! I don't clearly remember writing that bit of code, but it looks like a kludgy workaround for a bug. This app is an evenings & weekends thing, so "what can I do in 10 mins to fix critical issue X" is often the driving factor. That doesn't lead to good code ;-) > like the one you found, are conspiring to make a lot of these crazy new > billing numbers. I think that's going to end up being true. What Google are doing with the new billing is surfacing the true costs of the platform, which were hidden before. It's pain we've got to go through, and it'll be better for all of us in the long run. That said, it would have been nice to have had a little longer between getting access to the new billing tools and actually wearing the new costs. But it does focus the mind! > > I think a lot of people just need to take a deep breath and look at their > apps the way you did. It's certainly a lot less work than migrating to EC2. Absolutely. We need to not lose sight of just how great a PAAS platform this is, and how much we gain by using it. > > On Sep 3, 2011, at 6:16 AM, Emlyn wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I don't think I've posted here before, but I've been an appengine user >> for a while now (closing on 2 years? Is that even possible?). And like >> many, I had a rude shock with the new pricing (going from $0.50/day to >> $50/day). >> >> However, I dug into what I'm actually being charged for, and I think >> it's all actually in my control to sort out, and that in itself is >> sort of fascinating. I wrote a long blog post on this, which people >> might find interesting. >> >> The Amazing Story Of Appengine And The Two Orders Of Magnitude >> http://point7.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/the-amazing-story-of-appengine-and-the-two-orders-of-magnitude/ >> >> I'd be really grateful for feedback, especially if I've gotten >> anything wildly wrong. I haven't actually made any of the changes that >> I've foreshadowed in the post, that's for the next day or two, and >> I'll write a followup article on how it goes. >> >> Thanks in advance for having a look! >> >> -- >> Emlyn >> >> http://my.syyn.cc - Synchonise Google+, Facebook, WordPress and Google >> Buzz posts, >> comments and all. >> http://point7.wordpress.com - My blog >> Find me on Facebook and Buzz >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Emlyn http://my.syyn.cc - Synchonise Google+, Facebook, WordPress and Google Buzz posts, comments and all. http://point7.wordpress.com - My blog Find me on Facebook and Buzz -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
