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That article is magic. Here is the most important part: “But what about when we scale to 100,000 users?” “Then we’ll have the revenue to hire a dedicated inf
by austin-cheney 10mo ago
That article is magic. Here is the most important part:
“But what about when we scale to 100,000 users?”
“Then we’ll have the revenue to hire a dedicated infrastructure team. Right now, we have eight engineers and we’re spending 60 hours a week managing Kubernetes instead of shipping features.”
That excerpt clicks so many of the Paul Graham boxes. Common sense aside I am also a huge fan Docker Compose. It is stupid simple on a hard to fathom scale.
- akagusu 10mo agoEven if you have the money, Docker Compose and similar solutions are still a good option for 100,000 users.
- smrtinsert 10mo agoConversely no tech is good for any number of users if you don't understand it.
- akagusu 10mo agoUnfortunately the tech available to us today is not designed to be understandable, it is made to generate consulting fees, training tuition and support contracts.