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It definitely costs more, but "huge" is debatable. For the typical SaaS webapp product, the cost of running everything as cloud services is negligible compared
by mjr00 4y ago
It definitely costs more, but "huge" is debatable. For the typical SaaS webapp product, the cost of running everything as cloud services is negligible compared to the cost of salaries of people who maintain it.
If you're a solo dev on a shoestring budget it's worth considering, but a funded startup shouldn't be distracted from finding product-market fit and growth in order to save $1000/month on cloud costs.
- sebazzz 4y agoWith the cloud you're replacing regular sysops people with cloud certified people.
- mjr00 4y agoYou don't need "cloud certified" people. The junior devs I work with can make a highly available database with automated and fully tested backups, with point-in-time-restore functionality, by clicking a few buttons in the RDS console in a few minutes. I can't say the same about manually installing postgres on a VPS.