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This seems like something you could build over a weekend. I'm excited to see an open source alternative for this. EDIT: Folks, if you're truly large enough to

This seems like something you could build over a weekend. I'm excited to see an open source alternative for this. EDIT: Folks, if you're truly large enough to benefit from vantage, please talk to your AWS/GCP/Azure rep and work with them on deciding what you should do for committed usage. There are a lot of ways to save money on cloud costs, and they all start with a conversation with your cloud provider. If you don't have enough spend to have a cloud provider rep, vantage isn't going to save you that much money.

cinbun8 4y ago
> This seems like something you could build over a weekend We look forward to seeing your "Show HN" with a competing product next Tuesday. Good luck.
StratusBen 4y ago
If you enjoy problems like this, we're hiring engineers ;) https://www.vantage.sh/careers/ https://www.vantage.sh/careers/
codegeek 4y ago
"This seems like something you could build over a weekend" Donno why but this comment reminds of the infamous Dropbox comment :).
- emteycz 4y ago
  Well that comment claimed you don't even need to develop anything... This one at least recognizes there's work to be done. :-D
kbyatnal 4y ago
the value of what Vantage is building is not by solving a technical challenge, it's by solving a marketplace/network effects problem (something that is much harder to do)
yaseer 4y ago
> This seems like something you could build over a weekend I think you've succinctly illustrated why software estimation is notoriously unreliable. Those estimating do not yet understand the problem.
- devonkim 4y ago
  I also think it’s showing extreme naïveté when it comes to the fallacies of “myths programmers have about X” where X in this case is billing. Billing and money is hard not because of the technical aspects of moving 1s and 0s correctly but because it’s a socially mediated system with a lot of messy things that tend to require humans.
msyoung2012 4y ago
> This seems like something you could build over a weekend You're now at the risk of beclowning yourself if you don't post your own self-built alternative in 48 hrs! I'll be sure to come back and check ;)

cinbun8 4y ago

> This seems like something you could build over a weekend We look forward to seeing your "Show HN" with a competing product next Tuesday. Good luck.

StratusBen 4y ago

If you enjoy problems like this, we're hiring engineers ;) https://www.vantage.sh/careers/ https://www.vantage.sh/careers/

codegeek 4y ago

"This seems like something you could build over a weekend" Donno why but this comment reminds of the infamous Dropbox comment :).

emteycz 4y ago
Well that comment claimed you don't even need to develop anything... This one at least recognizes there's work to be done. :-D

kbyatnal 4y ago

the value of what Vantage is building is not by solving a technical challenge, it's by solving a marketplace/network effects problem (something that is much harder to do)

yaseer 4y ago

> This seems like something you could build over a weekend I think you've succinctly illustrated why software estimation is notoriously unreliable. Those estimating do not yet understand the problem.

devonkim 4y ago
I also think it’s showing extreme naïveté when it comes to the fallacies of “myths programmers have about X” where X in this case is billing. Billing and money is hard not because of the technical aspects of moving 1s and 0s correctly but because it’s a socially mediated system with a lot of messy things that tend to require humans.

msyoung2012 4y ago

> This seems like something you could build over a weekend You're now at the risk of beclowning yourself if you don't post your own self-built alternative in 48 hrs! I'll be sure to come back and check ;)