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> Honestly, this just means you don't have any users Which is where many small ideas start. My buddy had an idea for a few SaaS products and I've helped him d
by lsaferite 3y ago
> Honestly, this just means you don't have any users
Which is where many small ideas start.
My buddy had an idea for a few SaaS products and I've helped him develop them. The initial costs were small, but give it was an expense with no income in the near future, finding a way to scale to zero was the only way this became something he'd consider. It's got _very_ sporadic use currently and his bill for each service is literally around $1/month right now. Even the cheapest instance would be more than he's paying.
- rco8786 3y agoAnd that’s totally fine. I have similar stuff setup for hobby projects. But my impression is that this thread is mainly about “real” architecture (for lack of a better word”
- lsaferite 3y agoI think I might disagree that this isn't "real" architecture. All system architecture is about designing a system to meet the defined needs. This system is designed to hit the starting needs and has an already designed migration to the medium-term needs. That idea of "YMMV" is very much relevant here as every system has different needs. Some of those needs are minorly different, others are wildly different. Anyone on this thread that's discounting FaaS usage out of hand with statements like "just run a $20/month server" are demonstrating a lack of imagination. Would I use it as the primary server for a medium+ traffic site, almost certainly not. But there is a whole world of low-traffic services that are well suited to using a FaaS platform over a dedicated server.