FanFicFare

Closing FanFicFare Web Service

Starting Nov 30, Google will only allow me to update the web service if I give them a way to bill me for 'building' the app.

And once they have a way to bill me, they will charge when the service goes past the free limit unless manually turned off each time or more draconian scaling settings are used:

If you are currently relying on the free tier as a cost control mechanism, you will need to make a configuration change to maintain the current behavior. You must set a Cloud Budget Alert and manually shut off your app, or set the max_instances setting to 1 in app.yaml to never go above the free tier.

On Friday Nov 15, 2019, I uploaded the new version with the max_instances:1 setting recommended. The service has been 'Over Quota' every time I've looked since then.

I maintain FanFicFare as a hobby and for my own use. When I inherited the project from the original developer (Roman Kirillov), it already had the web service running on Google App Engine associated with it.

I continued to support the web service in recent years as a legacy for the users who can't run the CLI or Calibre versions. But I'm not interested in spending my money on it, or dealing with the accounting and possible tax implications of collecting donations to run it.

I plan to continue maintaining the Calibre Plugin and Python CLI versions of FanFicFare. But at this point, I'm shutting down the web service.

If you are interested in possibly taking over or making a new web service, please join the conversation at the FanFicFare Google Group.