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0 pointssquigz1y ago0 comments

Surprising numbers, and really goes to show how cheap the hardware/software side is for this sort of thing if you do it right.

I wonder what the "Misc dev salaries" is for - only curious because it's a flat $5k

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justinclift1y ago

Heh heh heh.

To me those numbers seem on the high side as I'm (personally) used to (for cheap projects) scavenging together stuff from Ebay before deploying to a data centre. ;)

squigzOP1y ago

lichess is hardly a "cheap project" though :P It's one of the most popular chess platforms

justinclift1y ago

Sure, but they seem to be extremely budget constrained. ;)

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0 pointssquigz1y ago0 comments

Surprising numbers, and really goes to show how cheap the hardware/software side is for this sort of thing if you do it right.

I wonder what the "Misc dev salaries" is for - only curious because it's a flat $5k

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justinclift1y ago

Heh heh heh.

To me those numbers seem on the high side as I'm (personally) used to (for cheap projects) scavenging together stuff from Ebay before deploying to a data centre. ;)

squigzOP1y ago

lichess is hardly a "cheap project" though :P It's one of the most popular chess platforms

justinclift1y ago

Sure, but they seem to be extremely budget constrained. ;)

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