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> Obviously if you’re FAANG-level or some established site where that 0.1% downtime translates into vast quantities of cash disappearing from your books, this s
by sleepychu 8y ago
> Obviously if you’re FAANG-level or some established site where that 0.1% downtime translates into vast quantities of cash disappearing from your books, this stuff is all great. You have the funds to do things “right”.
- mdekkers 8y agoIt doesn't have to be "vast quantities of cash", it only has to balance out the cost of the additional work. And reputational cost is notoriously difficult to turn into a cash value. I really have an issue with how the author presents this as a "Almost nobody needs this stuff", where the truth is that it is a lot more nuanced. I typically advise my clients what uptime will cost them extra, per "9" (as in the 5-nines), and let them make their own decisions.
- scarface74 8y agoYou don’t have to be a FAANG. You can be a B2B startup with one or two major clients who if they see you aren’t highly available will jump ship taking a lot of your revenue with them. I’ve been in enough meetings working for small startups where our clients grilled us about our resiliency, availability, redundancy etc. and where they forced us to put our code in escrow as part of our contract.