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What never seems to get mentioned is energy cost. Sure, you can keep throwing hardware at the problem, but eventually that will lead to a substantial power bill
by bitops 15y ago
What never seems to get mentioned is energy cost. Sure, you can keep throwing hardware at the problem, but eventually that will lead to a substantial power bill.
- rorrr 15y agoSharding will lead to an even much higher power bill.
- wildwood 15y agoAgreed, sharding takes "throwing hardware at the problem" to a whole new level.
- bitops 15y agoI agree with what both of you have said. It's possible that, in the not-too-distant future, "green programming" will become a new field. If you can design an architecture (both hardware and software) that demonstrably reduces power costs, that's a valuable skill. And, I'd argue, on two fronts: lower costs for the company, plus good marketing. Every forward-thinking company (at least from what I've observed) are eager to brand themselves as "carbon neutral", "eco-friendly", etc.