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> you could run this in the cloud and not worry about physical machines, but that will probably be more expensive. I question what the current cost structure l
by jroseattle 11y ago
> you could run this in the cloud and not worry about physical machines, but that will probably be more expensive.
I question what the current cost structure looks like. As a public company, my guess is that investors will do the same as well.
In a world where Instagram deals with orders of magnitude more customers with a whopping five engineers, it's a pretty high bar to show why so many resources are necessary for this particular operation.
I'm sure the Etsy guys are sensitive to that as well, but from the outside it's hard to believe there isn't a better way to use resources more efficiently.
- mcosta 11y agoI instagram loses a photo, nobody cares. If etsy loses an order is deal-breaker. Not the same problem domain. edit: Instagam has not that many customers. Has many users. That's a real diference.
- jroseattle 11y agoVery good point. A transaction involving a user's money carries a great deal more weight in terms of reliability, accuracy, etc. That said, the resource difference between these two companies is considerably large, and the tech in question (e-commerce) is not exactly an area of unknown innovation. From a technical standpoint, that's sufficiently a solved problem.