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> Are the services really worth it? Yes. > self hosting and diy, cheap, better understanding, and imo more reliable. What is the cost to get something that h
by balls187 7y ago
> Are the services really worth it?
Yes.
> self hosting and diy, cheap, better understanding, and imo more reliable.
What is the cost to get something that has a better uptime than the SLA's of the services you are replacing?
Focus on getting to paying customers. After that, you'll see where your time is better off spent.
Example: I just signed up for a trial for Stripe Sigma. I was going to build my own basic BI using their API. Instead it costs my business ~$10/mo at our size. Now I can spend what would have been time to build, test, deploy that service, to instead just answer the business questions I had.
- lunchables 7y agoWell, you could also be outsourcing your "build, test, deploy" to someone else and save even more time!
- balls187 7y agoActually, it would take me more time to write the spec, than it would be to just sign up for sigma.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoThe problem is no using a service and having it briefly be unavailable. The problem is that you use a service, get reliant on it, and then they 10x their price, remove key features, and then go out of business.
- stevenwliao 7y agoAt that point, if you then build your own, you're still ahead.