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I bet you could set up something way cheaper. And I'm certain you know 10x more than me regarding servers, hardening, configuration, etc. And I'm certain you en

I bet you could set up something way cheaper. And I'm certain you know 10x more than me regarding servers, hardening, configuration, etc. And I'm certain you enjoy servers! For us, the cost works and we have appropriate margin for it. The cost savings aren't worth the extra "we have to monitor these servers" thoughts. Our approach is 100% emotional.

cperciva 6y ago
Whatever works for you. :-) The offer is open if you ever change your mind (e.g. if the cost becomes annoyingly large when you scale up further).
iampims 6y ago
ApiGateway -> kinesis stream -> lambda consumes batch of N page views. You keep the serverless approach you like, and it will cost you a fraction of what you currently spend.
- JackWritesCode 6y ago
  I saw Kinesis stream today with DynamoDB and I will have to review it :)
xupybd 6y ago
I would say this goes beyond emotional. You only have finite resources. You have chosen to spend some money to avoid spending time and effort. That's a very reasonable call. Businesses do this all the time when they hire more staff.
gavinray 6y ago
Hey, in the most non-antagonistic way possible -- do you know who "cperciva" (Colin "Did you win a Putnam? Yes, I did." Percival) is? You might want to take them up on the offer, you don't get an opportunity like that everyday. Absolute legend.
- cperciva 6y ago
  "AWS Hero" is probably more relevant than "Putnam Fellow" here. ;-) But seriously, it's clear making this more efficient isn't a priority for them, and I completely understand and respect that. I ignore plenty of good advice for the same reason: "Working on more important stuff in Tarsnap right now".
- JackWritesCode 6y ago
  Haha I didn't know who he was. But the fact Alex Debrie follows him is certification enough for me. And I was wrong. Looking at his Twitter, it looks like he knows 2000x more than me about servers.
  - psanford 6y ago
    If you want more blog posts for Hacker News, take him up on the offer and then blog about it: "Cperciva replaced our millions of Lambda invocations with one m6g.medium and now I'm stuck as a FreeBSD admin!"

cperciva 6y ago

Whatever works for you. :-) The offer is open if you ever change your mind (e.g. if the cost becomes annoyingly large when you scale up further).

iampims 6y ago

ApiGateway -> kinesis stream -> lambda consumes batch of N page views. You keep the serverless approach you like, and it will cost you a fraction of what you currently spend.

JackWritesCode 6y ago
I saw Kinesis stream today with DynamoDB and I will have to review it :)

xupybd 6y ago

I would say this goes beyond emotional. You only have finite resources. You have chosen to spend some money to avoid spending time and effort. That's a very reasonable call. Businesses do this all the time when they hire more staff.

gavinray 6y ago

Hey, in the most non-antagonistic way possible -- do you know who "cperciva" (Colin "Did you win a Putnam? Yes, I did." Percival) is? You might want to take them up on the offer, you don't get an opportunity like that everyday. Absolute legend.

cperciva 6y ago
"AWS Hero" is probably more relevant than "Putnam Fellow" here. ;-) But seriously, it's clear making this more efficient isn't a priority for them, and I completely understand and respect that. I ignore plenty of good advice for the same reason: "Working on more important stuff in Tarsnap right now".
JackWritesCode 6y ago
Haha I didn't know who he was. But the fact Alex Debrie follows him is certification enough for me. And I was wrong. Looking at his Twitter, it looks like he knows 2000x more than me about servers.
- psanford 6y ago
  If you want more blog posts for Hacker News, take him up on the offer and then blog about it: "Cperciva replaced our millions of Lambda invocations with one m6g.medium and now I'm stuck as a FreeBSD admin!"