fDeploy
Dev tools
deployment automation
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Pricing: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Commenters praise the maker's work and persistence on Windows and IIS tooling
From 1 comment
Having gotten my start on Windows and IIS, two things: 1. well done. 2. I don’t tell you my troubles.
tclancy on HN
Objections
Per-instance pricing (around $3K per year) is too high for many buyers
From 4 comments
I'm kind of having a hard time understanding what problem this is trying to solve? I can't even tell what this is actually doing from the site. There is barely any information. I…
thrownaway561 on HNwe still use windows server and IIS, and I can assure you we're never spending 3k to make anything less painful. our middle name is pain. and we bill hourly for that
beanjuiceII on HNSame, the per instance price is a non-starter when talking to procurement. Not painful enough to justify additional tooling in any case.
8cvor6j844qw_d6 on HNexactly what I'm saying, 3K per server is pretty damn steep.
thrownaway561 on HN
Target market of IIS users is shrinking
From 2 comments
The deployment process is edited in the dashboard rather than defined in source control. There probably are businesses doing clickops who'd spend $2900 on a tool, but that market…
onion2k on HNThere is still plenty of Window Server using enterprises churning out .Net Framework code that must run on IIS. It's shrinking market for sure but it's still a market. If they…
stackskipton on HN
Tool lacks gitops or source-controlled definitions
From 2 comments
The deployment process is edited in the dashboard rather than defined in source control. There probably are businesses doing clickops who'd spend $2900 on a tool, but that market…
onion2k on HNTrue. The point here is that a tool that isn't gitops is diminishing useful, so releasing one now and charging $thousands for it is an odd choice.
onion2k on HN
Unclear what problem it solves from the site
From 1 comment
I'm kind of having a hard time understanding what problem this is trying to solve? I can't even tell what this is actually doing from the site. There is barely any information. I…
thrownaway561 on HN
Questions
Is IIS still maintained by Microsoft?
From 2 comments
Does Microsoft still maintain IIS? I thought it hadn't been meaningfully updated in about 8 years.
aaronbrethorst on HNDo they still maintain it as in, it gets bug fixes and security patches? Technically yes, bug fixes and security patches are still produced for Windows Server. I wouldn't call it…
stackskipton on HN
Alternatives named
Visual Studio built-in IIS publishing
From 1 comment
I'm kind of having a hard time understanding what problem this is trying to solve? I can't even tell what this is actually doing from the site. There is barely any information. I…
thrownaway561 on HN
Octopus Deploy
From 2 comments
Like the sibling comment mentioned, there's still lots of .net framework apps that target IIS. I haven't used IIS in about 15 years, but this looks like it provides a similar…
S04dKHzrKT on HNNo one connects to prod directly from VS in corporate setup. You do it via pipelines. It is for when you want to have accountability of deployments and at least what we had in…
ozim on HN