Railway
Infrastructure
cloud deployment platform
SHOW HN2024
14points
5comments
#2,205of 3,515 in 2024
Top 63%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good developer experience, easy Docker deployment
From 1 comment
I used it to deploy a web app written in PowerShell in a docker container. I loved the DX. If it wasn’t so expensive I’d probably use it in more stuff. But I’ll suffer more…
replwoacause on HN
Remarkable platform
From 1 comment
Railway is truly remarkable. I wish it was cheaper though, because currently, given the 10-10000x price difference in comparison to hetzner+coolify, using it in production is not…
gsemyong on HN
Objections
Too expensive for production compared with Hetzner plus Coolify
From 2 comments
Railway is truly remarkable. I wish it was cheaper though, because currently, given the 10-10000x price difference in comparison to hetzner+coolify, using it in production is not…
gsemyong on HNI used it to deploy a web app written in PowerShell in a docker container. I loved the DX. If it wasn’t so expensive I’d probably use it in more stuff. But I’ll suffer more…
replwoacause on HN
Requests
Lower prices, possibly after moving to Railway metal
From 1 comment
Railway is truly remarkable. I wish it was cheaper though, because currently, given the 10-10000x price difference in comparison to hetzner+coolify, using it in production is not…
gsemyong on HN
Questions
Will prices drop after the full switch to Railway metal?
From 1 comment
Railway is truly remarkable. I wish it was cheaper though, because currently, given the 10-10000x price difference in comparison to hetzner+coolify, using it in production is not…
gsemyong on HN
Alternatives named
Hetzner plus Coolify
From 2 comments
Railway is truly remarkable. I wish it was cheaper though, because currently, given the 10-10000x price difference in comparison to hetzner+coolify, using it in production is not…
gsemyong on HNI used it to deploy a web app written in PowerShell in a docker container. I loved the DX. If it wasn’t so expensive I’d probably use it in more stuff. But I’ll suffer more…
replwoacause on HN
Heroku
From 1 comment
Is this like Ruby on Rails but for Heroku-esque cloud environments?
whatnotests2 on HN