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"scaling makes the engineers lazy to optimize" I've lost track of the times I've heard "compute is cheap! engineers are expensive!" Except... that compute cos
by mgkimsal 2y ago
"scaling makes the engineers lazy to optimize"
I've lost track of the times I've heard "compute is cheap! engineers are expensive!" Except... that compute cost will live forever. The time it takes someone to debug a bad loop or poor query is at worst a one time cost. Longer term, it may even make other stuff faster in the future.
- Ekaros 2y agoLooking at some numbers on cloud, yeah I don't believe in that statement anymore. End device compute might be cheap, but cloud services certainly are not.
- mgkimsal 2y agoWe've also seen a rise (or maybe I just notice it more) of stories of "I changed these 3 lines in 5 minutes and saved my company $40k/month!" And then you'll get responses like "pfft.... that's hardly the cost of one part time FAANG person who makes $680k/year - what's the point?" And around we go...