alt Hacker NewsIt handles DevOps tasks way faster than I would - setting up infra, writing migrations, config changes, etc. Project is still early stage so speed and quick iterations matter more than perfect process right now. Once there's real traffic and a team I'll tighten things up.
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But why have it execute the tasks directly? I use it to setup tasks in a just file, which I review and then execute myself.
Also, consider a prod vs dev shell function that loads your prod vs dev ENV variables and in prod sets your terminal colors to something like white on red.
> Once there's real traffic and a team I'll tighten things up.
Nope. Once there's real traffic, you'll be even more time-constrained trying to please the customers.
It's like a couple who thinks that their failing relationship will improve once they have a child.
If you have no real traffic, what complex things are you doing that even require such tools?
"Once there's real traffic and a team I'll tighten things up."
As someone who has been in this industry for a quarter century: no, you won't.
At least, not before something even worse happens that finally forces you to.