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I worry about the same thing - cloud provider and especially specialty hosted solutions (Heroku) are getting more expensive as dependency on them grows and smal
by BowBun 3y ago
I worry about the same thing - cloud provider and especially specialty hosted solutions (Heroku) are getting more expensive as dependency on them grows and smaller shops basically have to use them to get off the ground.
In the end what you have is a stack of technology that the company cannot actually maintain on their own. Now I know that 'shoulders of giants' is a thing and that we shouldn't expect everyone to be able to do every part of work that came before them, but as your example shows it is a real business risk when things go south. Part of the original promise from these providers was that there would be a 90%+ reduction in supporting work, when we all know the reality is that you become specialized in solving issues with Heroku/AWS/providerX
- randmeerkat 3y ago> Part of the original promise from these providers was that there would be a 90%+ reduction in supporting work, when we all know the reality is that you become specialized in solving issues with Heroku/AWS/providerX For all but the most simple setups, providerX solutions are still better than maintaining your own bare metal solutions with their associated hardware / software / datacenter vendor relationships. Also, it’s not hard figuring out how to stand up a datacenter if it comes down to it and you want to pivot at some point. What’s actually hard is _growing_ and _distributing_ your datacenter to meet demand / legal requirements.
- bestouff 3y agoI have heard this many times but I've never seen convincing proof of that.
- randmeerkat 3y ago> I have heard this many times but I've never seen convincing proof of that. What kind of proof are you looking for?