As someone who's worked on software, as a developer, and done operations for quite a some time, I imagine I could do both together quite easily. Given that I'v

As someone who's worked on software, as a developer, and done operations for quite a some time, I imagine I could do both together quite easily. Given that I've done this a while, I have a bunch of patterns and reusable things, that use to deliver something quite quickly. Once it's up and running, your job is to patch. Obviously developers like to be constantly running the new shiney thing, but if you put a foot down on that, stick to a low number of well known tools, and don't chase fads, you'd have a lot of time to work on features. However, it also depends on where you are and what you're outsourcing. If you want me to start from nothing and decide we're using a whole bunch of tech I don't have patterns for already, it's going to be a while before you see me come up for air and do any features. It also depends on what you're hosting though. Much of what we're selling is just a fancy CRUD app, they're easy to run.