CodeRed.cloud News

[vsalvino]

This issue contains status updates and news in lieu of a traditional newsletter. This helps provide insight into platform updates and milestones in between public releases.

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[vsalvino]

February 13, 2020

We're nearing launch of the beta! Right now we just have two development sprints remaining until releasing the first public beta. Today we sent out our first email blast as well to those who have taken our surveys or signed up on https://app.codered.cloud/.

Work Completed

Work that has already been implemented over the past year since inception of our hosting platform:

• CodeRed CMS, Django, Wagtail, WordPress, and static sites.
• MySQL/MariaDB database backend.
• Automated encrypted backups taken daily or ad-hoc.
• Schedule jobs (i.e. cron jobs).
• Push-button deployments.
• Automatic SSL for any domain, on by default.
• Dashboard for customers to manage their hosted web apps and domains.

And the newest feature that was just completed is our "create a new web app" screen. Check out how easy it is to launch a Wagtail site in just 3 steps! I'm hoping to post a screencast of the whole process soon.

Work Currently in Progress

Upcoming work taking place during Sprint 14:

• Shore up PostgreSQL 11 support.
• Customers can self-add custom domains to their hosted web apps without needing to contact our support. SSL is automatically created for your custom domain name by default!
• Create public documentation, help, and how-to guides. We're inspired by the excellent documentation of Digital Ocean and the legendary Stripe API.
• Lots of under-the-hood improvements and hardening of our platform.

[vsalvino]

February 27, 2020

We're entering our final sprint before sending out an initial batch of beta invites!

Work Completed

• PostgreSQL 11 is up and running.
• Customers can add their own custom domain name from our dashboard.
• We've created the "CodeRed Dev Center" to house public documentation, how-to guides, and technical information. Writing high quality guides and tutorials for using our platform, and for all things Django related, is our top priority to make the developer experience second to none!

Work Currently in Progress

Upcoming work taking place during Sprint 15:

• Write a boat-load of documentation.
• Shore up the billing experience.
• Enable customers to download backups on demand without contacting our support.
• Finalize exact pricing and features of each plan level.