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Don't you forget a little something ? Buying the server, reading the docs, setting it up, buying an URL domain, binding it to the server, getting the backup se

Don't you forget a little something ? Buying the server, reading the docs, setting it up, buying an URL domain, binding it to the server, getting the backup server, setting it up, testing that everything works, training the team on the new UI, documenting the whole things for when you are not available or it's not your job anymore, blocking one team of 5 devs from working for 2 hours (or a man day of work) because something went wrong just once... It's not just resources you spend on useless things. It's resources you take __from__ useful things. Or worst, you are in a company. Now you have to REQUEST a server, ask a sysadmin to set it up, the security team to approve your software, the budget to validate the payment and the blessing of your network authorities. Then, you change job/client/whatever. What do you do ? Do it again ?

erichurkman 8y ago
Isn't that why GitLab (and others) publish things like AMIs where config is easy and takes 10 minutes? https://about.gitlab.com/aws/ https://about.gitlab.com/aws/
- sametmax 8y ago
  Aaaah, the infamous "10 minutes" sale pitch. I think it's getting 10 minutes years old to this day.
  - macromaniac 8y ago
    It doesnt take long to set up iirc, the problem when I used gitlab was it was resource intensive. It somehow takes a 10$mo instance when it should be able to run as a side process on a 2.50$mo server imo. 10$mo was the same pricing as github so it didn't make sense to use.
    - stealthmodeclan 8y ago
      Which place sells server for 2.50?
      - macromaniac 8y ago
        There are a few but I use vultr
      - sametmax 8y ago
        ovh
    - 0x6c6f6c 8y ago
      Honestly for resource efficient Git service people should use (and I've seen it shared places lately) Gitea or Gogs. Gitea is a fork of Gogs but picked up pace and has multiple maintainers who care a lot for it. It uses minimal resources and looks good. $2.50 server on Vultr with 512MB RAM should cover it.

erichurkman 8y ago

Isn't that why GitLab (and others) publish things like AMIs where config is easy and takes 10 minutes? https://about.gitlab.com/aws/ https://about.gitlab.com/aws/

sametmax 8y ago
Aaaah, the infamous "10 minutes" sale pitch. I think it's getting 10 minutes years old to this day.
- macromaniac 8y ago
  It doesnt take long to set up iirc, the problem when I used gitlab was it was resource intensive. It somehow takes a 10$mo instance when it should be able to run as a side process on a 2.50$mo server imo. 10$mo was the same pricing as github so it didn't make sense to use.
  - stealthmodeclan 8y ago
    Which place sells server for 2.50?
    - macromaniac 8y ago
      There are a few but I use vultr
    - sametmax 8y ago
      ovh
  - 0x6c6f6c 8y ago
    Honestly for resource efficient Git service people should use (and I've seen it shared places lately) Gitea or Gogs. Gitea is a fork of Gogs but picked up pace and has multiple maintainers who care a lot for it. It uses minimal resources and looks good. $2.50 server on Vultr with 512MB RAM should cover it.