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How do you think generic configuration management systems are replacable by a hosting provider and some autoscaling system? Honestly curious, I've never seen a

• chaostheory 10y ago
  I didn't say they were replaceable for everyone and for every scenario. I'm just making the point that small startups no longer need to use them in the beginning if all they want is a way to auto-scale. Yes they made sys admin stuff easier but now it's even easier with scaling services that are already preconfigured. I just think it's strange that people are still discouraging founders to account for scaling when today it's cheap from both a time and money perspective to do from the start.