> Fixing anything non-trivial becomes 10x more expensive. It’s the same model as car repairs. You can do checkups and small maintenance every month, or have th

> Fixing anything non-trivial becomes 10x more expensive. It’s the same model as car repairs. You can do checkups and small maintenance every month, or have the whole thing checked and repaired when enough time passed or something critical broke. IMO it comes down to wether you can afford for it to break . If it’s a subsystem that can be broken for 2 weeks, regular maintenance might not make much sense for instance.