Render Reviews

1. Filip Stanev

   · Working at Saga.so · over 3 years ago
   Best cloud solution out there

   We moved our services to Render and can't be happier!

Pickaxe Reviews

Render mentions (506)

• I generated 207 MCP tools from an OpenAPI spec. Generating them was the easy part.

  I wanted neither, so I built render-useful-mcp: an MCP server for Render where every API tool is generated from Render's own OpenAPI document. All 207 endpoints, no curation. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago

• Seven Free Node.js Hosting Platforms Worth Trying in 2026

  Render offers a free web service tier for Node applications, with 512 MB of memory and 0.1 CPU, that spins down after 15 minutes of inactivity and cold-starts on the next request. Deploys are Git-driven, native runtimes handle most Node versions without a Dockerfile, one-click rollback works on all tiers, and preview environments are available with their own resource billing. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• Best alternatives to Heroku in 2026

  Render is the closest structural match to Heroku on this list. It's built around web services, background workers, static sites, cron jobs, and managed Postgres and Redis, which maps almost one-to-one onto a Procfile plus Heroku add-ons. Buildpack-style auto-detection handles most language runtimes without a Dockerfile, and preview environments and one-click rollback exist out of the box. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• Why Vercel is still my default for shipping frontend projects

  The other limitation is compute. Vercel Functions can handle APIs, server-rendered routes, streaming, and other request-driven tasks, and the current function limits are far more generous. But if your application requires a continuously running background process or custom Docker containers, Vercel isn't the right fit. There are platforms like Render or Northflank that are built for that kind of workload. Vercel... - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago

• How to Get Your First Tool Online

  A host: A host is really just a computer that stays powered on and connected to the internet with a public address of its own. When a visitor types in the app's address, their browser sends a request across the internet to that machine, the machine runs the code, and it sends the finished page back. A laptop was quietly doing both jobs during the build, the server and the only visitor allowed in; a host is that... - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago

Pickaxe mentions (11)

• Turned Charlie Munger writings into a language model you can query

  I used the website it's hosted on, Pickaxe. And gathered a lot of books/documents. Source: over 2 years ago

• China releases strict regulations on the development of AI

  I'm reminded of the recent revelations about how the vast majority of Binance's customers were located in the US and China, jurisdictions in which Binance was banned. It seems impossible to stop tech like this. Much better to focus on education and on preparing for changes that are coming. I recently founded Pickaxe and we're trying to find ways to make this tech more accessible to people who wouldn't otherwise... Source: over 3 years ago

• EX Ark Analyst Looking for Feedback on New Venture

  I used to work at ARK (me) and now I'm working on a startup of my own. I started Pickaxe to help all kinds of organizations integrate LLM tech like chatGPT more seamlessly into their processes. I was wondering what this community thinks about how LLM tech will change the working world, and whether or not ARK's strategy is aligned with that future. It used to be that their estimates were considered wildly... Source: over 3 years ago

• Finally took the plunge: just simply asked ChatGPT to produce a major work product.

  At Pickaxe we see this happening all the time. If you want to let your coworkers or employees use ChatGPT, but what to have control and oversight over their usage, Pickaxe is a great option! Source: over 3 years ago

• Finally took the plunge: just simply asked ChatGPT to produce a major work product.

  I recently founded Pickaxe which does the same but includes some added functionality like document interrogation and the like. Source: over 3 years ago