Hi Danny, I'd like to give you a call to discuss this devops work I have. Are you free this afternoon? I already have stuff we could get going on.
You can also call me directly at 970-376-1920 --Jon On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Jason Liebrecht <[email protected] > wrote: > Ditto in Ian, but he knows why. > > I've got a project right now on EC2, mainly because they put us in their > Activate plan which is a great deal for a startup. > > This has definitely been a pain point. I've used EngineYard in the past > and it worked pretty well. > > Jason > > > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Jonathan Christensen > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> I think Heroku could have been a fine choice for the app I'm working on, >> but I inherited it from someone else. It is an app that already has >> customers and a 4 machine deployment on ec2. Honestly when I took on the >> project, I overlooked the whole existing devops side of it because I >> thought the company already had that part in hand and just needed some new >> features. We live and learn. But rather than telling the client "I don't do >> that stuff" I want to help them out. >> >> And the service I'm looking for isn't just answering phones at 3 am but >> actually having expertise in dev ops. Knowing how to measure and monitor >> machine usage, knowing how to spin up new instances if needed, >> understanding the deployment architecture (aka these machines are queue >> processing machines and these ones are web hosting, app serving machines >> etc), being able to dig into the current architecture and tell me if we >> have backup and restore capabilities or whether we're exposed... >> >> Even if I take on dev ops myself -- ec2 or heroku or otherwise, if I'm >> not super careful to schedule time around it for monitoring and updates, I >> can find myself having surprise days where whether I like it or not, an old >> client forces me to give them all my attention for an entire day or more. >> >> If I partner with a person or company that really focuses on this end of >> the business, then that frees me up to focus on development and allows me >> to handle more clients. >> >> Thanks for the question, >> --Jon >> >> >> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM, John Lynch <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Ian/Jon, just curious why Heroku or other PaaS type services do not work >>> for you? >>> >>> - john >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Ian Young <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> This is something I often wish for as well, so if anyone passes Jon >>>> recommendations, please send them to me or the whole list as well! >>>> >>>> As a solo freelancer, I want to be able to offer some clients an >>>> end-to-end "I'll take care of it" sort of service, but ops is a crucial >>>> piece of that, and I will not volunteer to answer the phone at 3am because >>>> a network switch went down. I'd love to bundle my services with someone >>>> else who would have an initial contract to provision infrastructure, write >>>> Chef recipes, and get familiar with the project, plus a retainer for >>>> security updates and maintenance, plus an "emergency rate" for outages. >>>> >>>> Is anyone doing this sort of thing at a medium-small scale? This seems >>>> like a great business plan for a small devops consultancy. >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 14, 2014, at 08:55 AM, Jonathan Christensen wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've got a client that needs some help with operational support. >>>> Basically monitoring of uptime, occasionally restarting services on EC2 >>>> instances, troubleshooting downtime, being able to know how to properly >>>> size and grow a deployment to meet traffic needs, being available not just >>>> during business hours... all the stuff that comes with operations. >>>> >>>> Do you guys know anyone who is independent that does this and enjoys it >>>> or a company with reasonable rates and good skills? 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