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500€ is 5 hours of labor. If you are skilled and everything works right away you may only spend 2 hours on the self-maintained solution which means you save 3 h

500€ is 5 hours of labor. If you are skilled and everything works right away you may only spend 2 hours on the self-maintained solution which means you save 3 hours or in other words … nothing. You also have to maintain/update the system, maybe spend time teaching other people. It’s not worth the effort. If you don’t have expert knowledge in the required tools/services, it will take much longer than 5 hours to set up the self-maintained solution. If you are unlucky “you may need the help of a professional sysadmin.” … Again, saving nothing.

paulcole 5y ago
> 500€ is 5 hours of labor Only if someone will pay you for those 5 hours. Otherwise may as well say they’re worth 37 starfish or 92 leprechauns.
- tclancy 5y ago
  It’s not possible to catch an even number of leprechauns. I mean, basic fact checking is what I expect from a HN commenter. This place is turning into Reddit.
  - paulcole 5y ago
    > This place is turning into Reddit. I’m trying as hard as I can.
tiborsaas 5y ago
Well, if you don't have anything better to do, got the time and have a DIY attitude, then it's a great investment. Also, there are more years to come so Y+1 it still saves you 500.
Zababa 5y ago
> 500€ is 5 hours of labor. It's not, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27259000 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27259000. > You also have to maintain/update the system, maybe spend time teaching other people. I think it's just one person running a newletter, so I don't think teaching other people is a thing here.