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Not that I disagree with your overall point, but I don't think this > I was doing some contract work for a small place that had a GCP Bigtable that was costing
by remus 2y ago
Not that I disagree with your overall point, but I don't think this
> I was doing some contract work for a small place that had a GCP Bigtable that was costing $11k+ per month for some reports that were based on data from a 375MB !!! mysql db into big-table for the reports to run.
Is a good example. It's just a badly architected system, and you'd have exactly the same problem if you were running the same thing on a massively over provisioned on premise db.
- citizenpaul 2y agoI think its a perfect example that cloud providers are profiting on a unsustainable scheme. They rely on their services papering over (literally with money) lack of skill/knowlege of their customers. This tactic either kills the customer or creates someone that is desperate to no longer be your customer.
- bobby_the_whal 2y agoPeople are getting dumber by the hour. It's sustainable. When I design computing systems, I am like "what's the point?", if there is nobody with a brain around to maintain it. The cloud allows companies to have services they could never ever maintain themselves long after I am dead. We are going full Idiocracy from what I can tell. You sound way too optimistic, but I am guessing you are still young.