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I always appreciate savings posts, but is $14k USD annual really make or break for a Turkish business? I would not know.
by orsorna 6mo ago
I always appreciate savings posts, but is $14k USD annual really make or break for a Turkish business? I would not know.
- iammrpayments 6mo agoBet I can get 2x more from spending that in anthropic tokens than paying you a full year salary
- nixpulvis 6mo agoThat's not the point. You should be asking why DO is so much more expensive. Not everyone likes wasting money.
- dllrr 6mo agoGuess I've been enjoying it for so long, I feel so stupid. Thanks for this.
- orsorna 6mo agoThe calculus is: is the labor spent on saving 14k annually worth less than the labor which adds features that net 14k income? Certainly the former is more predictable than the latter though. Choosing to do neither is wasting money.
- littlestymaar 6mo agoI suspect with that money you could get a full time customer support person for your business. Now think about it, what's creating more value to your customers: having your infra on Digital Ocean or having a better customer support?
- thisislife2 6mo agoIf you only have Rs. 100 in your pocket, you will think hard before spending Rs. 10. If you have Rs. 1000 in your pocket, you will not mind spending Rs. 10. That said, even if you are financially sound, why in the world would you want to pay $14k extra for a similar service that is available cheaper? That money could be better utilised elsewhere.
- esafak 6mo agoMost Turks will have zero Rs. in their pocket :)
- mrweasel 6mo agoIt's a nice chunk of change, which you could use for other purposes. It might not make or break the company, but it could pay for something that actually generates business.
- izacus 6mo agoYou can get an (a bit less than) a full employee for that. And that's a better ROI than just throwing it away.
- ozgrakkurt 6mo agoI don't think you can get someone decent in a tech related job for that much money anywhere.
- izacus 6mo agoCompanies have other employees than just techbros and in many cases they're more valuable.
- layer8 6mo agoTale a look at https://www.google.com/finance/quote/USD-TRY?window=MAX https://www.google.com/finance/quote/USD-TRY?window=MAX
- faangguyindia 6mo agowhen i save money on something without losing performance or reliability, i feel like a real hacker and money saved is just cherry on top of self accomplishment i feel.
- rolymath 6mo agoThink of it in percentage savings.