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Good edge case to consider when designing an auto scaling service, but now that I'm aware of it, I think I'll be able to design around the problem with some com
by diminoten 7y ago
Good edge case to consider when designing an auto scaling service, but now that I'm aware of it, I think I'll be able to design around the problem with some combo of the suggested solutions, and still get the autoscaling that I feel like the article was trying to convince me not to do...
- acdha 7y agoI don’t think the article was saying not to auto-scale as much as realizing it’s less of an edge case than it might sound and being careful not to underestimate the level of effort or overestimate the savings. That rang true to me — I’ve seen a lot of people realize the staff time they spent ended up pushing the time to recoup many years into the future. This is especially common if they’re inspired by a big tech company’s cool blog post or talk describing something amortized across a much larger volume.