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Try it on mobile. Doubly worse on an iPhone 4s screen when you have the top and bottom fifths covered with an ad. I also agree the warnings were apt but the ac
by csydas 10y ago
Try it on mobile. Doubly worse on an iPhone 4s screen when you have the top and bottom fifths covered with an ad.
I also agree the warnings were apt but the accompanying advice didn't really address the issue well. I deal with other people's infrastructure issues every day, startup and old business alike, and rapid adoption isn't the problem the article makes it out to be. My experience is that you can barely get most people to apply a simple critical update to a storage device much less major infrastructure changes without the person getting an official guarantee from every vendor in their infrastructure that the change won't disrupt their workflow.
And the advice on cloud jail just seems premature for most start ups. It's talking about the owners answering to boards when it seems unlikely to me that most people needing this advice would even be so far along as to have a board to answer to. The advice of "don't put all your eggs in one basket" is great, but that second basket costs money. If anything, I'd imagine a board concerned about costs would want to consolidate costs not spend more. Boards tend to make irrationally fiscally conservative choices.
- avifreedman 10y agoI agree it's not something people are likely to hit int heir first year, but I do think some sensitivity to trade-offs at the beginning is good. Re: board dynamic - the interview was about things to watch for for people thinking they might get into decent growth. At those stages, especially in 2016, many boards are watching gross margin and unit economics. But ours has been very supportive from day 1 of having SaaS offerings be HA and DR.