Unless you’re an early hire, the odds are hideously stacked against you successfully arguing against complexity. DHH isn’t always right, and his “you only need

Unless you’re an early hire, the odds are hideously stacked against you successfully arguing against complexity. DHH isn’t always right, and his “you only need a server” mantra isn’t true for everyone, but IMO it is DEFINITELY true for nearly any startup that’s shown sustainable growth. By all means, use cheap cloud resources when you have minimal revenue (unless you already have someone who can administer Linux). But after that? Run a couple of boring servers and front then with a load balancer. You don’t need multi-regional HA at that stage, so don’t worry about it.