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Dev tools · September 29, 2021

Railway

Hacked together a service in Go https://github.com/xlab/cdn-s3-go that routes content request to any arbitrary S3-compatible bucket. Some infra providers are offering free egress, but buckets are only private (hello Railway), and not geo-distributed. An L4 balancer will cost a fortune (hello Cloudflare). cdn-s3-go solves this by looking up objects, generating a pre-signed URLs and redirecting the clients directly. Free egress, cheap public geo-distributed CDN!

Railway launched on September 29, 2021 with 405 votes, #33 of 2,941 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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In plain words

Railway is a cloud platform that simplifies software deployment by requiring minimal configuration. It supports projects in any programming language, from small applications to larger systems, and automatically handles the technical setup needed to get code running. Designed for developers who want to focus on building rather than managing infrastructure, Railway removes complexity from the deployment process by letting users bring their code and letting the platform manage the rest.

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From the sources

Made for any language, for projects big and small. Railway is the cloud that takes the complexity out of shipping software.

Railway is a full-stack cloud for deploying web apps, servers, databases, and more with automatic scaling, monitoring, and security.

Connect your repo, Railway handles the rest. Auto-config, instant previews, no new tools to learn. Learn more → Private connections, public endpoints, SSL, and load balancing live from the moment you deploy. Take a single instance to a global deployment. Railway handles the scaling, so you stay focused on the product. Monitor resource usage, set custom alerts, and track logs. Full visibility from the moment you deploy with everything you need to stay ahead of issues. Learn more → Spin-up unlimited environments. Preview every PR automatically. One-click rollbacks are there just in case. Railway supports great software teams wherever they are. Hear from some of the teams building their…from railway.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

At Railway (I work there), we're putting on a hackathon starting August 6th. Build a template for others, whether it be for full-stack apps or a headless CMS. We've seen people deploy traditional apps or infra to host marketing blog sites (we host ours on Railway). Upto $1000 in prizes for project complexity or…

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