Google App Engine: First Thoughts published on Apr 8, 2008

Like much of the Web development world, I caught wind of Google’s new App Engine launch last night, during the NCAA championship game. I wasn’t following the Scobleizer video though, so I was relying on the TechCrunch article and people in #django and #django-dev to fill me in on what all the fuss was about.

Well, once I realized what was going on, my interest was piqued. I hadn’t delved into any of these new scalable systems …