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Maps.earth – free and open-source web maps
Hey everyone, a while back I posted about an open-source maps project I was working on called Headway. I just wanted to share an exciting update. I made a few architectural improvements with the help of some really awesome contributors and Headway can now run full-planet instances. I'm really excited with what we've managed to come up with.<p>Right now the full-planet demo server is in Germany and lives at [1]. A brief explanation is at [2]. I'm hopeful that the project will continue to improve with time and eventually end up being a real contender in the web maps space. I'm talking with folks about the potential for getting some more robust hosting options too which is very exciting.<p>For the moment though, Headway has some usability issues. It's missing ETAs, has no steps list for directions, or proper geocoding search results page, etc. I'm going to get to these issues with time, but please drop me a line if you're interested in helping out. Especially interested in help with web frontend, design, or internationalization. Development takes place on GitHub [3] and discussions tend to happen in the matrix room [4].<p>[1] <a href="https://maps.earth/" rel="nofollow">https://maps.earth/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://about.maps.earth/" rel="nofollow">https://about.maps.earth/</a><p>[3] <a href="https://github.com/headwaymaps/headway" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/headwaymaps/headway</a><p>[4] <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#headway:matrix.org" rel="nofollow">https://matrix.to/#/#headway:matrix.org</a>
Maps.earth – free and open-source web maps
Hey everyone, a while back I posted about an open-source maps project I was working on called Headway. I just wanted to share an exciting update. I made a few architectural improvements with the help of some really awesome contributors and Headway can now run full-planet instances. I'm really excited with what we've managed to come up with.<p>Right now the full-planet demo server is in Germany and lives at [1]. A brief explanation is at [2]. I'm hopeful that the project will continue to improve with time and eventually end up being a real contender in the web maps space. I'm talking with folks about the potential for getting some more robust hosting options too which is very exciting.<p>For the moment though, Headway has some usability issues. It's missing ETAs, has no steps list for directions, or proper geocoding search results page, etc. I'm going to get to these issues with time, but please drop me a line if you're interested in helping out. Especially interested in help with web frontend, design, or internationalization. Development takes place on GitHub [3] and discussions tend to happen in the matrix room [4].<p>[1] <a href="https://maps.earth/" rel="nofollow">https://maps.earth/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://about.maps.earth/" rel="nofollow">https://about.maps.earth/</a><p>[3] <a href="https://github.com/headwaymaps/headway" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/headwaymaps/headway</a><p>[4] <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#headway:matrix.org" rel="nofollow">https://matrix.to/#/#headway:matrix.org</a>
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Stable Diffusion Public Release
Stable Diffusion Public Release
Tell HN: Google Cloud suspended our production projects at 1am on Saturday
TLDR; never use google cloud systems for production.<p>Google cloud suspended all our projects due to the billing issue in their system they had.<p>Despite reassurances "your account will not be suspended" while communicating with billing support, all the projects were suspended at 1am on Saturday.<p>All the account payments were made and the billing cards are valid. There are no outstanding bills.<p>Never use GCP for production.<p>----
Edit: full story by request, long read:
----<p>Previous month billing didn't went through. Not sure if this was due to the billing outage google had (https://status.cloud.google.com/products/oLCqDYkE9NFWQVgctQTL/history) or financial transaction issue, however we went ahead and made a manual payment covering all the outstanding amount + extra. Despite the payment made, about a week+ later we suddenly started receiving threatening emails "Your Projects are at risk of suspension". Edited and updated the billing cards. Opened a billing support request clearly mentioning this is a production environment and all the bills are paid. They were "investigating" the issue and assured the project will not be suspended.
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