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You seem to forget there is are a ton of people who grew up on bare metal and know it quite well. And they can squeeze far more performance out of it then you c
by tomc1985 6y ago
You seem to forget there is are a ton of people who grew up on bare metal and know it quite well. And they can squeeze far more performance out of it then you could ever hope to see with outsourcing business-critical infra to a supplier who literally doesn't give a shit about you.
Have fun with an army of one-trick pony hires. One old-school diehard computer nerd knows enough to supplant 10 of those fools, but only costs 2x.
- jedberg 6y agoAnd many of them already work for AWS, who I can pay a small premium to to take advantage without having to hire one myself and then worry about replacing them when they decide to leave.
- jlokier 6y agoI think the point is sometimes that AWS small premium is really large. It varies a lot. For some the AWS costs are free or tiny. For others, AWS costs are larger than salaries, and it creeps up over time. About staff, maybe consider finding a good consulting/support firm that can look after your servers for <10% the price of hiring one person, are friendly and on-call, and will likely stick around even as their people change. That solves the worry about replacing people, as well as the cost. But as with people, it can take some luck to find a good one :-) (I used to provide that kind of consulting/support service. Not as much now because there isn't much demand, and development & research work is more satisfying. But still a little, ticking along in the background.)