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Did this guy just write a blog post about how he completely rewrote a functional feature to save $800? In all seriousness, the devil is in the details around t
by languagehacker 2y ago
Did this guy just write a blog post about how he completely rewrote a functional feature to save $800?
In all seriousness, the devil is in the details around this kind of stuff, but I do worry that doing something not even clever, but just nonstandard, introduces a larger maintenance effort than necessary.
Interesting problem, and an interesting solution, but I'd probably rather just throw money at it until it gets to a scale that merits further bot prevention measures.
- underwater 2y agoIt was $800 so far. Your point is valid for normal usage patterns where there is a direct relationship between active users and cost. But an attack meant OP’s costs were sky rocketing even though usage was flat.
- dyogenez 2y agoIf this were a business and someone else's money I'd do the same. This is a bootstrapped side project coming out of my own wallet. If money wasn't an issue, I'd probably just allow people to download images for free.
- languagehacker 2y agoGood point! My POV assumed some amount of revenue generation.