QuinnyPig

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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
I agree with a lot of what you're saying-- but that trough is a lot wider than most people think. At the single instance very small scale, it simply doesn't matter all that much. "Our business failed because our infrastructur
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
> It could be if our workload was relatively stable +1. If your entire environment is steady-state, it may be worth considering a migration to bare metal. That said, you can expect: * Worse uptime * A fair bit of retraining / hiring
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
I actually do this as a full time thing; I started a consultancy to fix horrifying AWS bills. Something I've learned is that flat fee pricing makes the most sense-- while tempting, the other models are off-putting. Hourly is a great wa
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
> At this point simply not using AWS is a competitive advantage. Respectfully, I'm going to disagree. I consult full time on AWS cost optimization / reduction / understanding. If you blindly run things on AWS without an un
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
Disclaimer: I run a consulting company that fixes horrifying AWS bills. By and large, this is going to make life a lot easier for most of my clients. That said: * You still have to watch out for generational changes ("Oh, you have a lo
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
Why on earth would you do that? There's a great chance you just shaved a giant pile of money off of what they would have otherwise offered.
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
Great idea. Go work at a company like, say, Uber?
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
They'd almost have to be. "The thing that tells you whether you have cancer or not" is inherently going to need to stand up to regulatory scrutiny in a way that "the thing that lets you send people pictures of your lunch
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
Have there been any deep-dives into what Amazon pays for shipping on a per-package basis? At their volume, I can imagine that the cost per item shipped has the potential to be low enough that it costs more for the worker to put the item in
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
Credit where due: this is leaps and bounds ahead of the gaslighting nightmare that is the AWS status page. Deeply appreciate the transparency.
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by QuinnyPig 10y ago
This definitely has an air of defensiveness to it. I'm not sure why Slack would choose to position themselves in this way; it's not what I'd expect from the market leader in their space.