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Why would it take you 3-4x longer to launch? Running your own servers in the cloud is not that hard. You can actually save time by not being restricted by the
by jcoffland 10y ago
Why would it take you 3-4x longer to launch? Running your own servers in the cloud is not that hard. You can actually save time by not being restricted by the PaaS. I.e. if you have special needs, and you will, you can go in and hack the software.
- karthikb 10y agoIf you don't have special needs, then you as a small team or company are taking on a burden that is large enough in scope for an entire company to focus on. It's why most startups just use GMail instead rolling their own. Sure it's easy to set up an email server, but now it's one more thing to think about.
- jcoffland 10y agoGMail is a bad example. If GMail were to close you could just move to another email server. Besides, using a PaaS is not free and I don't mean in terms of money.
- enraged_camel 10y ago>>Running your own servers in the cloud is not that hard For small side projects, sure. But if you run your own servers, that means you're also responsible for their configuration, backups, maintenance, upgrades, etc. That's why the "Dev Ops" people exist in many software companies. And they are not exactly cheap.