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The article points out a nice pivotal moment where Rails stops being as useful: when the server costs are higher than the engineering costs. I'd add that this s
by vvillena 6y ago
The article points out a nice pivotal moment where Rails stops being as useful: when the server costs are higher than the engineering costs. I'd add that this shouldn't be a comparison based on a prediction, but on an actual monthly report. Until then, I find Rails to be a perfect tool that enables devs and companies to keep working on what matters.
- AlchemistCamp 6y agoI totally agree with the thrust of this. There is one other concern, though. I actually just submitted my own blog post on how infra costs can break a business. https://questinglog.com/costs-are-part-of-scalability/ https://questinglog.com/costs-are-part-of-scalability/ If your business model brings in $X per unit of usage your hosting costs need to be < $X per unit of usage or else no amount of engineering will make your business profitable. One of the founders of Twitch recently tweeted about how using Amazon's new service for Twitch-like video streaming simply wouldn't be feasible for building your own Twitch.