[tomd]

> It takes a while to configure a persistent database, redis, and storage on Heroku

Really? Have you actually tried this? In my experience Heroku couldn't make it any easier. You can provision a database in 60 seconds, from a Deploy to Heroku button in your Github README, or in the lovely dashboard, or on the CLI, or with two lines in heroku.yml.

We're a heavy Gitlab user and I'm a big fan of Gitlab's typically transparent communications style, but this article reflects really badly on you. I think you should take it down.