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Cost cutting is the source of the most ludicrous penny wise pound foolish decisions in the world. Spend $25k year on a SaaS? Throw it out and create an interna
by dtech 7y ago
Cost cutting is the source of the most ludicrous penny wise pound foolish decisions in the world.
Spend $25k year on a SaaS? Throw it out and create an internal system. Nevermind that 4 people spend a month building it and you now 0.8FTE maintaining an inferior and buggy system. Employee costs are going on the big pile and aren't as directly measured.
- 0815test 7y agoBad example, a SaaS dependency is a single point of failure and it's entirely proper to get rid of it. Of course it would be better to move to a wholly-open alternative, but if none is around an internal system is the next-best alternative.
- 0xADD1E 7y agoIt's a single point of failure, sure, but you have to consider... How likely is it that AWS goes down? How likely is it that your internal system maintained by a single person goes down?