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If their stack works fine and I assume it it why the fuck do they need to move it at all?

by FpUser 3y ago

seanhunter 3y ago
Well they decided they didn't need to. That being said, you can't necessarily wait until things no longer work fine before deciding to move. If you can reasonably anticipate a problem in the future, sometimes even if things work fine today you might be best off moving in order to avoid future pain.
- FpUser 3y ago
  >"you can't necessarily wait until things no longer work fine before deciding to move" You mean cloud is the holy grail where everything works and everything else is a failure waiting to happen? I claim BS.
  - seanhunter 3y ago
    No I don’t mean that at all, which is why I didn’t say that. What I mean is that in planning anything in tech you can’t always wait until problems arise before you take action to deal with them, particularly if the consequences of failure are extreme. The specifics of what is the right setup are going to depend heavily on the circumstances of the use case. Definitely being on cloud isn’t right for everyone, nor is trying to maintain on-prem hardware the right choice for everyone.
nyokodo 3y ago
> why … do they need to move it at all? Because they’re owned by Microsoft and it looks bad if Microsoft doesn’t dogfood its own cloud infrastructure. Plus it’d be more economical long term if they didn’t invest in a parallel cloud infrastructure. They will migrate eventually, just apparently it’s not ready for them yet.
- FpUser 3y ago
  >"it looks bad if Microsoft doesn’t dogfood its own cloud infrastructure" Their cloud infra is already mostly Linux. Bought company which already works fine not gonna add insult to the injury. >"Plus it’d be more economical long term if they didn’t invest in a parallel cloud infrastructure" This is big if. It may or it may not. Unless you are deep into their internal kitchen and have all the info your suggestion amounts no nothing more than a wild guess.

If their stack works fine and I assume it it why the fuck do they need to move it at all?

by FpUser 3y ago

If their stack works fine and I assume it it why the fuck do they need to move it at all?

Well they decided they didn't need to. That being said, you can't necessarily wait until things no longer work fine before deciding to move. If you can reasonably anticipate a problem in the future, sometimes even if things work fine today you might be best off moving in order to avoid future pain.

FpUser 3y ago
>"you can't necessarily wait until things no longer work fine before deciding to move" You mean cloud is the holy grail where everything works and everything else is a failure waiting to happen? I claim BS.
- seanhunter 3y ago
  No I don’t mean that at all, which is why I didn’t say that. What I mean is that in planning anything in tech you can’t always wait until problems arise before you take action to deal with them, particularly if the consequences of failure are extreme. The specifics of what is the right setup are going to depend heavily on the circumstances of the use case. Definitely being on cloud isn’t right for everyone, nor is trying to maintain on-prem hardware the right choice for everyone.

nyokodo 3y ago

> why … do they need to move it at all? Because they’re owned by Microsoft and it looks bad if Microsoft doesn’t dogfood its own cloud infrastructure. Plus it’d be more economical long term if they didn’t invest in a parallel cloud infrastructure. They will migrate eventually, just apparently it’s not ready for them yet.

FpUser 3y ago
>"it looks bad if Microsoft doesn’t dogfood its own cloud infrastructure" Their cloud infra is already mostly Linux. Bought company which already works fine not gonna add insult to the injury. >"Plus it’d be more economical long term if they didn’t invest in a parallel cloud infrastructure" This is big if. It may or it may not. Unless you are deep into their internal kitchen and have all the info your suggestion amounts no nothing more than a wild guess.