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I have problems raising a PO for $10, it's a massive hassle to go through to explain to people nowhere near my department how it works Spinning up an AWS insta
by iso1631 5y ago
I have problems raising a PO for $10, it's a massive hassle to go through to explain to people nowhere near my department how it works
Spinning up an AWS instance costing $10 a month is trivial because the buisness has decided to empower employees with unlimited funds to spend on it.
So how can I spin up a $10 a month "instance" which goes to say ffmpeg developers, or apache developers, or openjdk developers, or whatever, with only a small overhead going to AWS and the majority of that money going to the people my business relies on.
- seoaeu 5y agoOne of the core points in the original article is that the invoices should be for 5 or 6 figures. $10/month = $120/year quite simply isn't worth the effort to collect