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This is especially true when you consider what that same $1500/mo will buy you using something like DynamoDB or Aurora. Both those solutions will give you more
by curun1r 11y ago
This is especially true when you consider what that same $1500/mo will buy you using something like DynamoDB or Aurora. Both those solutions will give you more storage, are managed for you and will mostly scale up with you, meaning you don't have to start anywhere near $1500/mo.
I know the article said tying yourself to Amazon feels wrong. But focusing your time and energy on managing infrastructure that could be managed by Amazon instead of focusing your time and energy on your product feels more wrong to me. There are exactly zero startups that have succeeded because they had a more reliable and performant MongoDB installation.
- nzoschke 11y agoA big +1 for DynamoDB + S3 for a cash strapped startup. If you are writing an app from scratch, and the cost of data services is a big concern, then don't pick a data store with complex and expensive replication properties. DynamoDB is admittedly harder to understand and use than Postgres or Mongo, but when you figure it out its a HTTP data API with no setup or maintenance costs. $8/mo of DynamoDB can easily cover your users and other CRUD.