> Now, it's flipped. Hardware is pretty cheap. There are high quality OSS products that have easy-to-manage, native HA capabilities. It's no longer impractical

> Now, it's flipped. Hardware is pretty cheap. There are high quality OSS products that have easy-to-manage, native HA capabilities. It's no longer impractical to operate a production-ready deployment for a few hundred dollars. Yes, and cloud got cheaper and easier as well. Why are we pretending here that the cloud stood still while hardware made strides? Cloud is still cheaper